The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARTITA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PARTITA
- What many do with Hair?
- Soldier's caged bird revealing musical composition
- Musical work uses computers in opening section
- A hint about possessing skill for some 17
- Disaster of a royal patient not having en suite
- Pair that trashed hotel to leave suite
- Skill in place for orchestra with a set of musical compositions
- Piece of Bach, perhaps: leave it alone to start with
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What does PARTITA mean?
PARTITA noun- A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century