What does rondeau mean?
Definitions for rondeau
ˈrɒn doʊ, rɒnˈdoʊ; -doʊz, -ˈdoʊzron·deau
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Princeton's WordNet
rondo, rondeaunoun
a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
rondeau, rondelnoun
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
Wiktionary
rondeaunoun
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.
rondeaunoun
A monophonic song with a 2-part refrain.
Etymology: From rondeau.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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rondeau
A rondeau is a form of verse used mainly in French poetry. It is characterized by the repeating lines or refrains at regular intervals, typically in a 15-line, 13-line or 10-line arrangement. The repetition often contributes to the song-like quality of this poetic form. The structure can vary in terms of syllable count and rhyme scheme, and it's often composed on two rhymes.
Webster Dictionary
Rondeaunoun
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
Rondeaunoun
see Rondo, 1
Etymology: [F. See Roundel.]
Wikidata
Rondeau
A rondeau is a form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry, as well as the corresponding musical chanson form. Together with the ballade and the virelai it was considered one of the three formes fixes, and one of the verse forms in France most commonly set to music between the late 13th and the 15th centuries. It is structured around a fixed pattern of repetition of material involving a refrain. The rondeau is believed to have originated in dance songs involving alternating singing of the refrain elements by a group and of the other lines by a soloist. The term "Rondeau" is today used both in a wider sense, covering several older variants of the form – which are sometimes distinguished as the triolet and rondel – and in a narrower sense referring to a 15-line variant which developed from these forms in the 15th and 16th centuries. The rondeau is unrelated with the much later instrumental dance form that shares the same name in French baroque music, which is an instance of what is more commonly called the rondo form in classical music.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rondeau
ron′dō, n. a form of poem characterised by closely-knit rhymes and a refrain, and, as defined in the 17th century, consisting of thirteen lines, divided into three unequal strophes—the two or three first words of the first line serving as the burden, recurring after the eighth and thirteenth lines—brought into vogue by Swinburne: (mus.) a rondo.—ns. Ron′del, a form of French verse, earlier than the rondeau, consisting of thirteen octosyllabic or decasyllabic lines on two rhymes—practised by Charles of Orleans, &c.; Ron′delet, a poem of five lines and two refrains; Ron′do, a musical composition of several strains, during which the first part or subject is repeated several times—often occurring as one of the movements of a sonata: the musical setting of a rondeau: a game of hazard played with small balls; Rondolet′to, a simple rondo. [Fr., from rond, round.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Rondeau
a form of short poem (originally French) which, as in the 15th century, usually consists of 13 lines, eight of which have one rhyme and five another; is divided into three stanzas, the first line of the rondeau forming the concluding line of the last two stanzas; Swinburne has popularised it in modern times.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RONDEAU
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rondeau is ranked #8475 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rondeau surname appeared 3,894 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rondeau.
90% or 3,508 total occurrences were White.
2.6% or 102 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 98 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.2% or 88 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.1% or 85 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.3% or 13 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rondeau in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rondeau in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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