rondo
Americannoun
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rondos
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of rondo
1790–1800; < Italian < French rondeau; see rondel
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Further south, in County Waterford, David Dennison started his Viking Winery in 2009, planting 30 vines of rondo.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The passage is over before you know it, whisked back to a spirited rondo, but it epitomizes the piece’s — and its composer’s — mixing of the jovial and aching.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
A bulldozer of a scherzo intensified what was a lingering menace, and the fourth movement rondo released it from its cage.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
Coaches stand over an intense 4v2 rondo, glaring with intensity.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2019
And hybrid forms, like the sonata rondo, can become popular with some composers.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
He has spoken about arriving at Barcelona expecting rondos and possession drills, only to be met with days of gruelling physical work in the gym.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Patiently, her brushes yielded minimalist geometric configurations, like visual haiku, in stark black-and-white and later in radiant colors: triangles and trapezoids, curvaceous shells, rondos and diamonds floating in a pristine white-canvas universe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
It would be just a light session: a warm-up, a few rondos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
Bach and Mozart Redux Con Gioia artistic director Preethi de Silva gives a solo recital of rondos and fantasias played on a replica 18th-century Viennese-style fortepiano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
Nanette von Schaden, a native of Salzburg, composed two piano concertos, as well as numerous sonatas and rondos for piano.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
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