obligato
Definition of obligato:
part of speech: adjective
In music, applied to a movement restrained by certain rules; giving emphasis or expression to a passage.
Usage examples:
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I am not yet sufficiently resourceful to take it out in a quietly tearful obligato I never learned how to produce tears.
Robert W. Chambers in "The Fighting Chance". -
There had been another concert and, among other things, Frances had sung Gounod's " Ave Maria" while Paul had played the obligato
George van Schaick in "A Top-Floor Idyl". -
" Oh, that we two were lying Under the churchyard sod," sang Constance, voicing the pent- up longing of Kingsley's tenderly regretful words and Nevin's wistful setting, while the violin sang a subdued, pensive obligato
Pauline Lester in "Marjorie Dean High School Freshman". -
Besides these large works he has written a number of songs, of which five are with viola obligato
Henry C. Lahee in "Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday".