Associations to the word «Rondeau»

Wiktionary

RONDEAU, noun. A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.
RONDEAU, noun. A monophonic song with a 2-part refrain.

Dictionary definition

RONDEAU, noun. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
RONDEAU, noun. 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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras