The cor anglais and violin obbligato in the duet for male alto and tenor, Wie selig, with its thirds and lyrical highlights was particularly effective. |
The prelude in E forms the obbligato organ part of the opening chorus of the cantata Wir danken dir. |
He commissioned Mozart to write a trio with obbligato flute, which the latter promised to do. |
It is not sung, but only declaimed, and the music is like an obbligato recitative. |
In all Bachs church compositions in which there is an organ obbligato part, there is another organ part for the continuo. |
They were customarily for solo voice with continuo, but pieces for up to five voices were also composed and obbligato parts sometimes included. |