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‖ rondo|ˈrɒndəʊ|
[It. rondo, a. F. rondeau.]
1. Mus. ‘A piece of music having one principal subject, to which a return is always made after the introduction of other matter’ (Grove).
1797Monthly Mag. III. 227 A cantabile movement.., the subject of which is highly graceful; and is succeeded by a very pleasing rondo. 1811Busby Dict. Music (ed. 3) s.v., The Rondo..takes its name from the circumstance of the melody going round, after both the second and third strain, to the first strain, with which it finally closes. In the vocal Rondo considerable discernment is requisite in the choice of proper words. 1861Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 610 The King..thus cuts the Gordian knot, and brings down the curtain upon a rapturous rondo from the prima donna. 1887H. C. Banister Mus. Anal. ix. 218 When..there is more than one Episode, and therefore at least two returns to the Subject, the Episodical Movement is termed a Rondo.
attrib.1874Ouseley Mus. Form 46 A tabular view of the Rondo Form..will sufficiently explain its structure. 1899Atlantic Monthly LXXXIII. 753/2 The white distrusts the Indian,..the Greaser hates the white; there is a perfect rondo movement of dislike and antagonism.
2. A game of chance played with balls on a table. In quot. attrib.
1859J. W. Palmer New & Old 229 (Cent.), With card and dice, roulette wheels and rondo balls, he fooled himself to the top of his bent. |