rondeau
pronunciation
How to pronounce rondeau in British English:
UK ['rɒndəʊ]
How to pronounce rondeau in American English:
US ['rɒndoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
- a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Word Origin
- rondeau (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel "short poem" (see rondel). Metrical form of 10 or 13 lines with only two rhymes.
Example
- 1. Suddenly rondeau slammed into the ground .
- 2. Bach : siciliana and presto from the first sonata ; or sarabanda and gigue from the second partita ; or prelude and gavotte in rondeau from the third partita .
- 3. After the destruction of the railroad , the troopers who had remained with deleo headed west . In the group were sergeant john peters , privates frank romero and rondeau , plus the two french soldiers who had jumped with the team .