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OBBLIGATO, or OBLIGATO

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OBBLIGATO, or OBLIGATO , in the
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modern sense, a musical
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term (adopted from the
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Italian, and strictly meaning obligatory or binding) for an instrumental accompaniment to a musical composition which, while in one way
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independent, is included by the composer on purpose and in a prescribed form, instead of being
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left to the discretion (ad libitum) of a performer .

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