Noted work? (3,2,5)

'noted work?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'work?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'work?' could be 'music' (I have seen 'orchestral work' mean 'music' so perhaps 'work' could also mean 'music') and 'music' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'setto' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?