4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rondo  \Ron"do\,  n.  [It.  rond[`o],  fr  F.  rondeau.  See 
  {Rondeau}.] 
  1.  (Mus.)  A  composition,  vocal  or  instrumental,  commonly  of  a 
  lively,  cheerful  character,  in  which  the  first  strain 
  recurs  after  each  of  the  other  strains.  ``The  Rondo-form 
  was  the  earliest  and  most  frequent  definite  mold  for 
  musical  construction.''  --Grove. 
 
  2.  (Poetry)  See  {Rondeau},  1. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rondeau  \Ron*deau"\,  n.  [F.  See  {Roundel}.]  [Written  also 
  {rondo}.] 
  1.  A  species  of  lyric  poetry  so  composed  as  to  contain  a 
  refrain  or  repetition  which  recurs  according  to  a  fixed 
  law,  and  a  limited  number  of  rhymes  recurring  also  by 
  rule 
 
  Note:  When  the  rondeau  was  called  the  rondel  it  was  mostly 
  written  in  fourteen  octosyllabic  lines  of  two  rhymes, 
  as  in  the  rondels  of  Charles  d'Orleans.  .  .  .  In  the 
  17th  century  the  approved  form  of  the  rondeau  was  a 
  structure  of  thirteen  verses  with  a  refrain.  --Encyc. 
  Brit. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  See  {Rondo},  1. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rondo 
  n  :  a  musical  form  that  is  often  the  last  movement  of  a  sonata 
  [syn:  {rondeau}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rondo,  AR  (town,  FIPS  60590) 
  Location:  34.65744  N,  90.82022  W 
  Population  (1990):  283  (106  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 

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