obligato

How to use obligato in a sentence

• The said orchestra consisted of a violin and accordion, both played by amateurs, with an occasional obligato on the common comb.

  In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards

• Romberg, then in the zenith of his fame as a Virtuoso, played one of his Quartetts with Violoncello obligato.

  Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis Spohr

• Besides these large works he has written a number of songs, of which five are with viola obligato.

  Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday | Henry C. Lahee

• "Ich steh auf den Standpunkt," said the politicians; and the racket of machine-guns offered an obligato.

  Erik Dorn | Ben Hecht

• This piece will contain several obligato passages written expressly for our Bull-Frog.

  Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 | Various