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 Definitions of Obbligato  [-ti]  

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Definition of 'Obbligato' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) obbligato
(used as a musical direction) obligatory; not to be omitted.

2. (n.) obbligato
a musical line performed by a single instrument in accompaniment to a solo part.

3.  obbligato
a continuing background motif.

Etymology:  (1715–25; < It: obliged )

Definition of 'Obbligato' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) obbligato, obligato
a persistent but subordinate motif

2. (noun) obbligato, obligato
a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

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