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ron⋅do
[ron-doh, ron-doh] 
doʊ
–noun, plural -dos. Music.
| a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme. |
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| ron·do (rŏn'dō, rŏn-dō') n. pl. ron·dos A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes. [Italian rondò, from French rondeau, rondeau; see rondeau.] |
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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. 2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1.
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Language Translation for : Rondo
Spanish:
ala,
German:
die Hutkrempe,
Japanese:
(帽子の) つば
rondo
1797, "musical composition of one principal theme," from It. rondo, from Fr. rondeau, rondel, from O.Fr. rondel "little round" (see rondel).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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