Rondeau

Quick meaning: Rondeau is a noun meaning A monophonic song with a two-part refrain.

Meaning

A monophonic song with a two-part refrain.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) Synonym of rondeau pan; a shallow pot or pan that can be used for braising.
2. (poetry) A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.

Example Sentences

The rondeaus show great variety. There are two very short, apparently primitive rondeaus a 3.

[…] for example, we might be tempted to think that his rondeaux also explore atypical compositional procedures.

Still should not reference perchance be made to the rondeaus [which?] C. P. E. Bach presented in his last sonata collection?

First of all, the two rondeaux appear in the 1538 version of the previously published Adoleseenee Clementine at the end of the section of poems of the same genre.

Word Forms

• rondeaux
• rondeaus

Synonyms for rondeau

Depending on context, synonyms include rondel, rondo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rondel, rondo, redondilla, rondle, rhyme, ronde.

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