rondo

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134) as here worked out, as the rondo was the first monophonic form in which this matter was at all satisfactorily solved, and its construction is especially interesting because it is readily seen to be one of the direct predecessors of the highest form of all--the sonata.

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  1. noun A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes.

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  • There is only one air, a kind of rondo in the second act, where she has an opportunity of sustaining her voice, and thus showing what she can do. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • He even delayed for a long while writing a rondo which he had promised to Eleonore von Breuning and when he finally sent it, it was with an apology for not sending a sonata, which had also been promised. —  Beethoven
  • He believed he could spend eternity in that rondo, replaying the memory with its subtle variations, the frozen image that came to him in the split-second before he was killed. —  Asimov'sSF,December2006
  • Won a championship and 128 regular season games in 2 seasons … and rondo is uncoachable? this is becoming fabrication after fabrication … .. and do they know if mike conley and rudy gays attitudes are any better? stoudemires? stuckeys? —  CelticsBlog
  • Music for first season got my pants wet with urine, but it gradually improves for the second season that the Rondo sounds a lot like a rondo, and ED finally has a proper ending, unlike the first one. —  Anime Nano!
 

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  1. Italian rondò, from French rondeau, rondeau; see rondeau.

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  1. Italian rondò, from French rondeau: see rondeau.
 

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/ˈrɑndoʊ/
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