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obbligato
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   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
ob·bli·ga·to also ob·li·ga·to  (bl-gät) Music
adj.
Not to be left out; indispensable. Used of an accompaniment that is an integral part of a piece.
n. pl. ob·bli·ga·tos also ob·li·ga·tos or ob·bli·ga·ti also ob·li·ga·ti (-t)
An obbligato accompaniment.

[Italian, past participle of obbligare, to obligate, from Latin obligre, to oblige; see oblige.]

obbligato, obligato [ˌɒblɪˈgɑːtəʊ] Music
adj
(Music / Classical Music) not to be omitted in performance
n pl -tos, -ti [-tiː]
(Music / Classical Music) an essential part in a score with oboe obbligato See also ad-lib
[from Italian, from obbligare to oblige]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.obbligato - a persistent but subordinate motif
motif, motive - a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
2.obbligato - a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission
section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
Translations
obbligato [ˌɒblɪˈgɑːtəʊ] (Mus)
A. ADJobligado
B. N (obbligatos or obbligati (pl)) → obligado m


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Alcuni di essi sono punti obbligati nella tradizione critica del Cortigiano, ma proprio per questo si puo apprezzare l'originalita con cui vengono considerati da Quondam; altri sono punti che non risultano presenti nella critica castiglionesca, ad esempio il luogo che la religione potrebbe avere nella "internazionalita" del cortigiano in un momento in cui le guerre di religione dividono l'Europa.
a' cui versi e alle cui prose uniche e perfette, e piu tosto divine che umane, secondo il giudicio di rutt'i migliori [che degli altri, quasi pipistrelli alla luce del sole, ci devono piu tosto a compassione muovere ed increscimenro loro, che a maraviglia e a riso] tutt'i Toscani, anzi tutre le nazioni, e massimamente noi Fiorentini, semo grandissimamente tenuti e strettissimamente obbligati.
But they were never inscribed there, and whether they were meant to be physically incorporated into the monument or rather to float free as literary obbligati is not altogether clear.
 
 
 
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