'Rondo' definitions:

Definition of 'rondo'

(from WordNet)
noun
A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata [syn: rondo, rondeau]

Definition of 'Rondo'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'rondo'

From: GCIDE
  • Rondeau \Ron*deau"\, n. [F. See Roundel.] [Written also rondo.]
  • 1. A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: When the rondeau was called the rondel it was mostly written in fourteen octosyllabic lines of two rhymes, as in the rondels of Charles d'Orleans. . . . In the 17th century the approved form of the rondeau was a structure of thirteen verses with a refrain. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) See Rondo, 1. [1913 Webster]

Rondo, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Rondo, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000) :
237
Housing Units (2000) :
113
Land area (2000) :
1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km)
FIPS code :
60590
Located within :
Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location :
34.658789 N, 90.822236 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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