Definition of "obbligatos" [obbligatos]

• Plural form of obbligato. (noun)

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• "With excellent soloists, led by Martin Lattke as the Evangelist, the result is a wonderfully flexible and dramatically vivid account, constantly illuminated by the obbligatos from the Gewandhaus wind, particularly the outstanding principal trumpet."
• "His guests literally phoned in their vocals, thanks to some new technology too boring to go into; no one hearing Luther Vandross or Gloria Estefan parroting back Sinatra's lines, singing along in cold unison or trite harmony and overlaying scatty obbligatos could mistake these electronic artifacts for true collaborations."
• "The choral interludes were very striking, with Lydian obbligatos for the flute — what, in those days when it was newer, we used to call belly-music."