rondeau
Definition of the French term rondeau in music:
- rondeau (form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry, one of the three "formes fixes")
- rondo (musical form containing a principal theme which alternates with one or more contrasting themes)
Language
French
Singular
rondeau
Plural
rondeaux
Musical examples
Music scores that include rondeau:
- Jean-François Dandrieu: Pièces de clavecin (1724) Page 2
- Niccolò Paganini: Sonata concertata (1803) Page 4