Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2001/09

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Accompaniment vs. duet
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:30:58 -0400

<><> Anne=A0Lenoir wrote:
I have sometimes tried to tell my students about the 2nd part in certain
duets being an "obble-gobble" (obligatto)

I remember (perhaps a year ago) when I exploded in anger online
about the inconsistency of musical definitions. I think it was
"larghetto" that distressed me at the time.

At any rate, I just looked up "obligatto" in my music dictionary:

"A part, usually instrumental, which cannot be dispensed with in
performance [....] in the 19th century, the term was appled in the
opposite sense to an additional part which is optional."

well, you can relax, I'm not going ballistic this time.... and I
do understand what you're saying.

Thanks,
Bill

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