A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Obbligato

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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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From volume 2 of the work.

1753997A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — ObbligatoGeorge GroveGeorge Grove

OBBLIGATO, i.e. necessary. A term signifying that the instrument with which it is coupled is indispensable in that place or that piece. It is in this respect the opposite to Ad libitum.

[ G. ]