Crossword clues for obbligato
obbligato
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
musical instruction, 1724, from Italian obbligato, literally "obligated," from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare "to bind" (see oblige). In reference to a necessary accompaniment by a single instrument.
Wiktionary
a. (context music English) Designating part of a musical piece which is subordinate to the main melody but still essential; designating a crucial instrumental part. (from 18th c.) n. (context music English) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). (from 19th c.)
WordNet
Wikipedia
In classical music obbligato usually describes a musical line that is in some way indispensable in performance. Its opposite is the marking ad libitum. It can also be used, more specifically, to indicate that a passage of music was to be played exactly as written, or only by the specified instrument, without changes or omissions. The word is borrowed from Italian (an adjective meaning fixed; from Latin obligatus p.p. of obligare, to oblige); the spelling obligato is not acceptable in British English; however, it is often used as an alternative spelling in the US. The word can stand on its own, in English, as a noun, or appear as a modifier in a noun phrase (e.g. organ obbligato).
Obbligato is the third album by American jazz drummer Tom Rainey, which was recorded in 2013 and released on the Swiss Intakt label. He leads a quintet with the same lineup as the collective LARK quartet (Rainey on drums, Ralph Alessi on trumpet, Ingrid Laubrock on sax and Kris Davis on piano), expanded by Drew Gress on bass. The album features a selection of standards, most of them taken from the Great American Songbook.
Usage examples of "obbligato".
Robert had grown quite used to running through his morning post to a Nevil obbligato.
He can hear the noise of the Strip a block away: high-db rock music with yelping electronic toms and seismic bass, obbligato horn honks from the traffic jam, a volley of mystifying animalian howls.
He had accompanied the dialogue with a coloratura obbligato particular to Siamese vocal cords.
There was an obbligato passage in Nelle's first song which she foozled on every attempt.
Bethany's flute obbligatos had been remarkable, matching Sydra's voice to perfection.
We took simple melody lines and set chords to them, arranged them for multi-voices or instruments, added solo instrumental verses and obbligatos, and in one case, turned the piece into a round.
Guillermo had records, and he sang along with them, and at work on the road crew he'd join in with any man's song and harmonize with it or sing an obbligato high above the melody, a soaring tenor that took the roof off his head and filled the clouds.