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Obbligato

noun
(pl. obbligati, obbligatos)
1.
A persistent but subordinate motif.  Synonym: obligato.
2.
A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission.  Synonym: obligato.





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"Obbligato" Quotes from Famous Books



... and worst of all, "the little kids, as might 'ave been our own." Apropos of resentment, England has lost first place in Germany, for America is said to be the most hated country now. The "morning hate" of the German family with ragtime obbligato must be a terrible thing! General von Blume, it is true, says that America's intervention is no more than "a straw." But which straw? ...
— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch


Words linked to "Obbligato" :   motive, motif, obligato, section, subdivision


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