sonata-rondo

[suh-nah-tuh-ron-doh, -ron-doh]

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noun

plural

sonata-rondos

a musical form combining characteristics of both the sonata form and the rondo.

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Tippett called it a "birth-to-death piece", and its structure – a single-movement variant on sonata-rondo form – suggests a continuous process of organic transformation.