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Obbligato
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obbligato (ŏbləgä`tō) [Ital.,=obligatory], in music, originally a term by which a composer indicated that a certain part was indispensable to the music. Obbligato was thus the direct opposite to ad libitum [Lat.,=at will], which indicated that the part so marked was unessential and might be omitted. Misunderstanding of the term obbligato, however, resulted in a reversal of its meaning; when a violin part, for example, is added to a song it is called a violin obbligato, whereas it may be a superfluous ornament for which ad libitum would be a more precise direction.
obbligato, obligato Music
1. not to be omitted in performance
2. an essential part in a score

Obbligato 

an instrumental part in a musical work that must not be omitted; it is obligatory that it be performed. Obbligato parts can be of varying importance—ranging from those that are significant but still form part of the accompaniment to parts that share equal significance with the featured solo part. In 17th- and 18th-century operas, oratorios, and cantatas (for example, in Bach’s Mass in B Minor) one often encounters arias, and sometimes even duets, with the participation of an obbligato instrument (or several instruments) and the orchestra. The opposite of obbligato is ad libitum (“at will”).



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Alcuni di essi sono punti obbligati nella tradizione critica del Cortigiano, ma proprio per questo si puo apprezzare l'originalita con cui vengono considerati da Quondam; altri sono punti che non risultano presenti nella critica castiglionesca, ad esempio il luogo che la religione potrebbe avere nella "internazionalita" del cortigiano in un momento in cui le guerre di religione dividono l'Europa.
a' cui versi e alle cui prose uniche e perfette, e piu tosto divine che umane, secondo il giudicio di rutt'i migliori [che degli altri, quasi pipistrelli alla luce del sole, ci devono piu tosto a compassione muovere ed increscimenro loro, che a maraviglia e a riso] tutt'i Toscani, anzi tutre le nazioni, e massimamente noi Fiorentini, semo grandissimamente tenuti e strettissimamente obbligati.
But they were never inscribed there, and whether they were meant to be physically incorporated into the monument or rather to float free as literary obbligati is not altogether clear.
 
 
 
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