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rondo definition

rondo (rän′dō)

noun pl. rondos -·dos

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

Etymology: It < Fr rondeau: see rondeau

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