{
  "obbligato":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an elaborate especially melodic part accompanying a solo or principal melody and usually played by a single instrument":[
        "a song with violin obbligato"
      ],
      ": not to be omitted : obligatory":[
        "\u2014 used as a direction in music"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare ad libitum":[
        "\u2014 used as a direction in music"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "with the babble of the brook as an obbligato , we enjoyed our picnic",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The other was the whole first section of the fast movement, a solo in F major with obbligato flute, in which Florestan recalls happier days with Leonore at his side. \u2014 Will Crutchfield, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson\u2019s advice, sang the insert. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "The long orchestral introduction left no doubt as to where composer Stephenson\u2019s interests lay, the work\u2019s first two movements amounting to symphonic statements with bass trombone obbligato . \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2019",
      "The aria is enhanced by trumpet and oboe obbligatos , which were handled deftly by trumpeter Steve Marquardt and oboist Debra Nagy. \u2014 Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com , 16 Oct. 2017",
      "The orchestra's alert accompaniment was at one with the pianist's purposes, as was Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson's dulcet flute obbligato in the opening movement. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1740, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Italian, \"obligatory, essential to a musical composition,\" from past participle of obbligare \"to require (someone to do something), oblige,\" going back to Latin oblig\u0101re \u2014 more at oblige":"Adjective",
      "derivative of obbligato entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4-bl\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "accompaniment",
      "attendant",
      "companion",
      "concomitant",
      "corollary",
      "incident"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212444",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}