obligato
Americanadjective
plural
obligatos, obligatiadjective
Example Sentences
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The chorus sing with much good humor, and are accompanied by a charming violin obligato.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel
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 Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
Repatriation went on to a parrot obligato, and I never hear a parrot squawk without a flash of South Africa across my mind.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The Honorable Pulaski Britt, who didn’t like music anyway, and was trying to talk in an undertone to timber baron Barrett, swore a deep bass obligato.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
If a bird sings in the meadow its tune is pitched to Pan's reedy obligato.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
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