rondo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
    rondeau.

WordNet

Ron"do noun
Etymology
It. rondò, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. "The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction." Grove.
  2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1.

Webster 1913