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A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

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  1. n. A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
  2. n. See Rondeau, 1.
  3. n. a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
  4. 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. 2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1.
  5. A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively,cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each ofthe other strains. "The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequentdefinite mold for musical construction." Grove.
  6. n:100 n. a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata