Abstract
In 1795, Beethoven wrote short piece with the whimsical title, Duet for Viola, Cello, and Two Eyeglasses. Obbligato denotes a part which must not be omitted, part which is essential to the structure, or at least to the effect. This essay is about another duet: between the peasantry and the socialist revolutionaries of Nicaragua's Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN). The duet was, unfortunately, much less harmonious than those created by Beethoven. After losing power in 1990, many Sandinista leaders concluded that relations with the peasantry had been one of the great failures of the revolutionary process.
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