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I think I'm down to the last clue, although there is a letter I cannot quite justify...
43a. Area gripped by choral work, rejecting a simple song (10) C-N-O-E-T-
It looks like something like cantorette, but I have never seen this word before. I am unsure about the O. Any thoughts?

canzonetta is a choral work

Many thanks grandpa gruffalo. I much prefer it when I did not know the answer, and this is new to me!

I have it now I have the answer...
area = zone
simple song= cantata, take out the A
canzonetta