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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 See also:modern sense, a musical See also:term (adopted from the See also:Italian, and strictly meaning obligatory or binding) for an instrumental See also:accompaniment to a musical See also:composition which, while in one way See also:independent, is included by the composer on purpose and in a prescribed See also:form, instead of being See also:left to the discretion (ad libitum) of a performer.

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