1.
[syn: rondo, rondeau]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rondeau \Ron*deau"\, n. [F. See Roundel.] [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.
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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. --Encyc.
Brit.
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2. (Mus.) See Rondo, 1.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rondo \Ron"do\, n. [It. rond[`o], fr. F. rondeau. See
Rondeau.]
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." --Grove.
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2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rondo
n 1: a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
[syn: rondo, rondeau]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Rondo, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 237
Housing Units (2000): 113
Land area (2000): 1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60590
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.658789 N, 90.822236 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rondo, AR
Rondo