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(Fr.). Mus. form so called because of its circle of recurrence.

1 Type of medieval song (also rondel) sung by troubadours in which sections of both words and mus. recurred.

2 Instr. form in 17th and later cents. in which the first section recurs. See rondo.

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in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 110 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (3) Length: 157 words
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in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 66 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5) Length: 47 words

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