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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIGATO

obligato  [ˌɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIGATO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obligato can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OBLIGATO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Obbligato

In classical music obbligato usually describes a musical line that is in some way indispensable in performance. Its opposite is the marking ad libitum. It can also be used, more specifically, to indicate that a passage of music was to be played exactly as written, or only by the specified instrument, without changes or omissions. The word is borrowed from Italian. The word can stand on its own, in English, as a noun, or appear as a modifier in a noun phrase.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLIGATO


affogato
ˌæfəˈɡɑːtəʊ
animato
ˌænɪˈmɑːtəʊ
appassionato
əˌpæsjəˈnɑːtəʊ
castrato
kæˈstrɑːtəʊ
dato
ˈdɑːtəʊ
datto
ˈdɑːtəʊ
fugato
fjʊˈɡɑːtəʊ
legato
lɪˈɡɑːtəʊ
macchiato
ˌmækɪˈɑːtəʊ
marcato
mɑːˈkɑːtəʊ
moderato
ˌmɒdəˈrɑːtəʊ
obbligato
ˌɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ
ostinato
ˌɒstɪˈnɑːtəʊ
rubato
ruːˈbɑːtəʊ
scordato
skɔːˈdɑːtəʊ
spiccato
spɪˈkɑːtəʊ
staccato
stəˈkɑːtəʊ
tomato
təˈmɑːtəʊ
vibrato
vɪˈbrɑːtəʊ
Waikato
ˈwaɪˌkɑːtəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIGATO

obligable
obligant
obligate
obligated
obligately
obligati
obligation
obligational
obligative
obligator
obligatorily
obligatoriness
obligatory
oblige
obliged
obligee
obligement
obliger
obliging
obligingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIGATO

baked potato
boniato
Cato
couch potato
Erato
gelato
Guanajuato
hot potato
illuminato
Irish potato
jacket potato
jato
martellato
new potato
pizzicato
Plato
potato
Prato
sweet potato
Tupungato

Synonyms and antonyms of obligato in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obligato» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIGATO

Find out the translation of obligato to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obligato from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obligato» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

,必备
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obligato
570 millions of speakers

English

obligato
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obligato
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

obligato
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Obligato
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obligato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

obligato
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obligato
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wajibato
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

obligato
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オブリガート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뉴오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wajibato
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

obligato
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

obligato
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंधन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obligato
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Obligato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

OBLIGATO
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Obligato
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obligato
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

obligato
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

obligaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Obligato
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obligat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obligato

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGATO»

The term «obligato» is regularly used and occupies the 82.159 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIGATO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obligato» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obligato» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obligato

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIGATO»

Discover the use of obligato in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obligato and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Obligato: Untold Tales from a Life With Music
The author, a businessman, diplomat, and pioneer in radio broadcasting, relates his experiences in the New York music world from the 1920s through the 1950s
Ira Hirschmann, 1994
2
Intimate Music: A History of the Idea of Chamber Music
The Accompanied Obligato Keyboard Sonata Before the accompanied obligato keyboard sonata could exist it was necessary for composers to break away from the strong tradition of the baroque sonata. A variety of new relationships were ...
John H. Baron, 1998
3
Playing Keyboard
This obligato part includes eighth notes and is designed to complement the melody part. Find a partner and play the melody and obligato together. When two people perform together it is referred to as a duet. Play the obligato with the right  ...
Tom Rudolph, Lee Whitmore, Stefani Langol, 2007
4
Alfred's Musictech
Eighth notes. 2. Challenge part (for those with previous experience playing piano or a gifted beginner). 3. Term: Obligato. 4. Playing percussion sounds to accompany a song. Lesson Ideas: Eighth Notes l. With a metronome playing the pulse, ...
Tom Rudolph, Floyd Richmond, Stefani Langol, 2008
5
De Fideiussore Principaliter Obligato
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Rudolph Christoph Henne, 2012
6
The Scoring of Baroque Concertos
1739-40) and 71 A (a slightly later revision of 7 IB, with the same first movement), consisting of 'Flauto Solo', 'Violino Primo Obligato', 'Violino Primo di Ripieno Obl. to', 'Violino Secondo Obligato' and 'Basso' (72), and 'Traversiero Obligato', ...
C. R. F. Maunder, 2004
7
The Musical World
The Soli Parts principally by Mrs. Knyvett, Mr. Vaughan, and Mr. Machin. End of the Oratorio of the Ascension. — Overture (Occasional), Handel. — Air, Madame Grisi, ' Let the bright seraphim," Handel; (Trumpet obligato, Mr. Harper.) — Recit ...
‎1837
8
Formalizing Medieval Logical Theories: Suppositio, ...
Propositionum alia est pertinens obligato, alia est impertinens obligato. Et pertinentium obligato alia est sequens ex obligato, alia repugnans obligato. (§4) A pertinentproposition is aproposition that is not obliged [that is not the obligatum] , ...
Catarina Dutilh Novaes, 2007
9
Orchestral Music: A Handbook
Prologue, from Prometheus Unbound (Shelley): 2. Bassoon obligato The Kraken (Tennyson); 3. Harp olbligato from The Wanderings of Cain (Coleridge); 4. Horn obligato from Blurt, Master Constable (Middleton); 5. Timpani obligato from The ...
David Daniels, 2005
10
Argumentations Theorie: Scholastische Forschungen Zu Den ...
2 - omne sequens ex obligato et admisso vel concesso vel concessis cum obligato vel opposito bene negati vel bene negatorum sci- tum esse tale in tempore obligationis est concedendum. 3 - omne repugnans obligato cum concesso vel ...
Klaus Jacobi, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIGATO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obligato is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Merola Opera Program Gets a Supersized Introduction
... the king's "Ella giammai m'amò" (supported by Victoria Ehrlich's brilliant cello introduction and obligato) and ended with Eboli's "O don fatale. «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jul 15»
2
Roll Call Has Always Made Room for Fun Stuff
“Congressman Flood is a man who likes his sleep, and most of his evenings lately have been devoted to a baritone obligato of unprintable ... «Roll Call, Jun 15»
3
S.F. Symphony Takes a Trip with Beethoven's Missa solemnis
When concertmaster Alexander Barantschik left his chair next to the podium and showed up in front of the chorus to weave the violin obligato in ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jun 15»
4
Perth Festival review: Courtney Pine & Zoe Tahman at Perth Concert …
An obligato solo from his magpie mind quotes successively from Gilbert and Sullivan, dance band hits and Acker's Stranger on the Shore, in a ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
5
American Bach Soloists Show the Lighter Side of Bach
... in the aria “Stirb in mir” (Die in me), but his overall presentation was marred by an organ obligato part that was decidedly not on point. «San Francisco Classical Voice, May 15»
6
Ethiopia: LIFT UP YOUR HEADS ETHIOPIANS: YOU ARE THE …
A considerable number of legal experts including the ICJ in a noted case hold the Convention as jusc cogens may be also obligato erga omnes ... «Nazret.com, May 15»
7
Haydn's Creation in Transcendental Boston
Picking up the narrative with the 1851-52 season, Dwight observed that performing oratorios by Handel and Haydn remained “obligato by the ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Apr 15»
8
Philadelphia Orchestra's St. Matthew Passion: Intense, persuasive …
Cargill even stepped off the platform and interacted with concertmaster David Kim during his obligato in the great aria "Have Mercy, Lord on Me ... «Philly.com, Apr 15»
9
At 40, Afrigo is still on the go
Fast forward to 1994, the band decided to have a permanent home — at Club Obligato on Old Port Bell Road. That is where they would hold ... «New Vision, Mar 15»
10
Never mind the whiplash, here's some proper jazz drumming lessons
Tom Rainey's Obligato, with Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Kris Davis (piano) and Drew Gress (bass), play Whelan's, ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Obligato [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/obligato>. Oct 2026 ».
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