Obbligato

Recitative comes in two main forms, semplice or secco, which comprises most of the dialogue, and accompagnato or obbligato, which is reserved for passages requiring particular dramatic emphasis, though fully spoken parts (parlante), were not uncommon, particularly in Mozart. ❋ Unknown (2005)

 The wind itself answered in a kind of obbligato descant: The Witch is dead! ❋ Maguire, Gregory (2005)

The outstanding soloist in the concerto was 26-year-old Alec Frank-Gemmill, playing a valveless instrument, as were the obbligato horn section, conjuring misty overtones and harmonics, mellow in mood as well as raw. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Con gli attori ho avuto un ottimo rapporto ... ad eccezione del "giovane" scelto, obbligato e protetto dal figlio di Lombardo (un disastro)! ❋ Admin (2009)

If you want to sample his singing, try "Ich habe genug" on his Bach cantatas CD, with its quietly anguished oboe obbligato. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The national anthem at last week's home opener at Fenway Park — performed by a Boston Pops contingent — included the now de rigueur obbligato of a military jet flyover. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

'A gentle obbligato to the life and death struggle in Lewis's study? ❋ Unknown (2010)

And since it's rare that a celebrity performer takes on any of these challenges, I'd like to applaud violinist Hilary Hahn for her latest recording in which she joins forces with two of the world's most artistic singers in a dozen Bach arias with violin obbligato. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then they heard a gentleman sing with her and play a violin obbligato. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His last name gave him some access, but the obbligato of his career, as he describes it: "A famous father means that in order to prove yourself you have to work three times harder than the guy who comes in off the street with a song to sing." ❋ Nat Hentoff (2009)

The fifth movement is a recitative for bass, preceding the sixth movement, which is another duet for soprano and bass with obbligato oboe. ❋ Bls (2008)

Though his country stands on the verge of war with China, Messner perversely plays, as an obbligato within the concert hall of his mind, a Chinese anthem that proclaims: "Indignation fills the hearts of all of our countrymen." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now, when Jay Leno, Johnny Carson and David Letterman provide a nightly obbligato to the news, Rogers's skeptical barbs still seem weirdly pertinent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The second movement is a recitative for tenor that precedes the third movement, a duet for soprano and bass with obbligato violin. ❋ Bls (2008)

According to composer Nathaniel Stookey, above, who played the "musical saw obbligato" in the second movement, none of the pieces used as instruments were altered in any way. ❋ Sfmike (2007)

"A Room Without Windows," which became a hit for Lawrence, is a generic pop song about Getting Away From It All, dressed up in an orchestral arrangement that features all the standard lounge-act sounds, including a flute obbligato to pep up the second refrain. ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2007)

[obbligato] [luv] <3 ❋ OBBLIGATO (2021)