couplet
Definition of the French term couplet in music:
- verse
- the section that is played between the repeated principal theme in a rondo
- two lines of poetry next to each other (typically rhyming and sharing the same metre)
Language
French
Singular
couplet
Plural
couplets
Combinations
French musical terms that include couplet:
- cinquième couplet – fifth verse
- deuxième couplet – second verse
- premier couplet – first verse
- quatrième couplet – fourth verse
- sixième couplet – sixth verse
- troisième couplet – third verse
Musical examples
Music scores that include couplet:
- Erik Satie: Je te veux (1897) Page 3
- Hector Berlioz: Le jeune Pâtre breton (1833‑35) Page 1
- Jean-François Dandrieu: Pièces de clavecin (1724) Page 2