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rondeau

ron·deau

UK/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/ US/ˈɹɑnˌdoʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

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2.

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

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Origin

From Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel. Doublet of rondo.

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