noun
rondeau
Rondeau (noun) means 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.
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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.
"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."
— Doranne Fenoaltea, David Lee Rubin (1991)
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A song built around a single melody with a chorus in two parts.
"The rondeaus show great variety. There are two very short, apparently primitive rondeaus a 3."
— Richard L. Crocker, A History of Musical Style (1986)
3
Another name for a rondeau pan, a wide, shallow pan used for braising food.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle French rondeau, which developed from Old French rondel. A doublet of rondo.
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rondo
rondel
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What is the meaning of rondeau?
"rondeau" (noun) means 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.
What is another word for rondeau?
Other words for "rondeau" include rondo, rondel.
What are the different meanings of rondeau?
"rondeau" has 3 main meanings: 1. 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; 2. A song built around a single melody with a chorus in two parts; 3. Another name for a rondeau pan, a wide, shallow pan used for braising food.
