rondo

(rän)

noun pl. rondos

Music a composition or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having its principal theme stated three or more times in the same key, interposed with subordinate themes

Origin: It < Fr rondeau: see rondeau

See rondo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ron·dos
A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes.

Origin:

Origin: Italian rondò

Origin: , from French rondeau, rondeau; see rondeau

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