rondo
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Origin of rondo
1790–1800; < Italian < French rondeau; see rondel
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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
Amid brass fanfares, the finale takes off like some frenetic rondo, though metric dislocations and out-of-nowhere restrained passages keep you off guard.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2019
In training at Alavés, when Bojan and Munir El Haddadi are put in the same rondo, the club captain shouts: “Look out, there are four Champions Leagues in here,” Bojan says with a grin.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2018
The song was a rudimentary rondo, single half notes for treble and bass.
From US News ● Apr. 27, 2015
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
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
Bach and Mozart Redux Con Gioia artistic director Preethi de Silva gives a solo recital featuring rondos and fantasias played on a replica 18th-century Viennese-style fortepiano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
Among the music written at that time were marches, rondos, and mazurkas.
From Stories of Great Musicians by Horne, Olive Brown
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