obligato
Americanadjective
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obligatos,
plural
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obligati
plural
adjective
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The aria, "Let the bright Seraphim," was sung by Signora Avolio, for whom it was written, and the trumpet obligato was played by Valentine Snow, a virtuoso of that period.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
I am in very fair health, London decidedly agrees with me, and I don't suffer as much as I expected from the obligato spleen of blue devildom.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
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 W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
A chorus of men’s voices from “Eurianthe” with horn obligato was next performed and then came the Anvil Chorus, with chorus, bands, orchestra, organ, battery and all the bells in the city united for accompaniment.
From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Charles Barnard
At times when the obligato goat's laugh bleated in among the melodious pangs, I caught a glimpse in the background of a crowd of small women-figures who nodded their odious heads with wicked wantonness.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
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