ron·do /ˈrɑn(ˌ)do, rɑnˈdo/
迴旋曲
Ron·deau n. [Written also rondo.]
1. A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
Note: ☞ When the rondeau was called the rondel it was mostly written in fourteen octosyllabic lines of two rhymes, as in the rondels of Charles d'Orleans. . . . In the 17th century the approved form of the rondeau was a structure of thirteen verses with a refrain.
2. Mus. See Rondo, 1.
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Ron·do n.
1. Mus. A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. “The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction.”
2. Poetry See Rondeau, 1.
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rondo
n : a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
[syn: rondeau]