obligato

American  

[ob-li-gah-toh] / ˌɒb lɪˈgɑ toʊ /

adjective

plural

obligatos, obligati

1. obbligato.

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obligato British  

/ ˌɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ /

adjective

1. music a variant spelling of obbligato

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Example Sentences

The trial scene before Caiaphas and the threefold denial of Peter follow, leading up to the beautiful aria for alto, with violin obligato, "Oh, pardon me, my God!"

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

The art of obligato pedal playing he brought to a point which it had never before reached and scarcely afterward surpassed.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

One would swear she had a nest of nightingales and a trumpet obligato in her throat.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various

The searchlight switched off, the shells fell less frequently, the Oriental obligato fell away in a diminuendo of pathetic cries and a staccato of terrified jabbering.

From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)

A sixth motet has an obligato figured-bass accompaniment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various