rondos
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pluralof rondo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
rondonouna work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
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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
Conforming to the composer-virtuoso model of the day, Farrenc’s early piano pieces were rondos or sets of variations on popular and operatic tunes, but they were far from the ostentatious, flimsy norm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
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 Olive Brown Horne