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What is an obbligato?

What is an obbligato? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) 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.]
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The cor anglais and violin obbligato in the duet for male alto and tenor, Wie selig, with its thirds and lyrical highlights was particularly effective.
It is more baroque than the first in that for obbligato piano it substitutes real interchange between ripieno strings and concertino quartet.
You know that the performers do not sing, but declaim, and the music is like an obbligato recitative.
Acting as his lyre, he has two obbligato bass viols which creates a series of remarkable timbres.
He commissioned Mozart to write a trio with obbligato flute, which the latter promised to do.
It is not sung, but only declaimed, and the music is like an obbligato recitative.

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