5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Poetry) See {Rondeau}, 1. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) See {Rondo}, 1. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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) From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Rondo, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 237 Housing Units (2000): 113 Land area (2000): 1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.005771 sq. miles (2.604934 sq. km) FIPS code: 60590 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 34.658789 N, 90.822236 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Rondo, AR Rondo
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