noun
- plural of obbligato; essential instrumental parts in musical compositions that cannot be omitted
Usage: musical term
Examples
- The violin obbligatos in Bach’s cantatas are particularly challenging.
- She practiced the flute obbligatos for hours before the concert.
- The composer wrote beautiful obbligatos for the woodwind section.
- These obbligatos cannot be left out without damaging the musical structure.
- The orchestra struggled with the complex obbligatos in the second movement.
- Several obbligatos were featured prominently in the baroque piece.