Rondeau (Noun)
Meaning 1
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The poet struggled to adhere to the traditional 13-line rondeau form while still conveying the complex emotions she intended to express.
- As he began to learn the various French verse forms, the student was fascinated by the elegance and challenge of writing a rondeau.
- After some experimenting with sonnets and ballads, she turned to writing rondeaux to tell more fluid and meandering stories through poetry.
- Through repetition of the opening phrase in different stanzas, a skilled writer of rondeau could explore rich symbolic meaning with incredible efficiency.
- What surprised critics was that despite experimenting with this and that poem throughout the manuscript, Smith made bold statement throughout and worked thoroughly traditional rhyme using 'perfect'- exemplification over perfection one-halos is quintuplication making old story—although rhymes didn’t reflect particularly brilliant at those perfect way because he found French 'rondeau' captivating the other hand–.
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Meaning 2
A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The rondeau, with its lively theme and virtuosic passages, brought the sonata to a thrilling conclusion.
- The composer's use of a rondeau as the final movement added a playful touch to the otherwise serious sonata.
- In the rondeau, the pianist's fingers danced across the keyboard, creating a whirlwind of sound that left the audience breathless.
- The rondeau's repetitive structure, with its recurring theme and contrasting episodes, created a sense of tension and release that perfectly balanced the sonata's earlier movements.
- The rondeau's lively rhythms and catchy melodies made it a crowd-pleaser, and the composer often used it to end his sonatas on a high note.