Rondos

His tone is full but flexible, sustained but lyrical, and he manages to impart a certain wistfulness to even the jolliest rondos, such as the E flat one that Flanders and Swann memorably set to words. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite some clever touches, such as slow rondos and prominent flute parts, Pleyel's symphonies sound best when they resemble those of other composers, notably Haydn. ❋ Mark J. Estren (2010)

Each quartet has focused on a particular classical structure (he's already spotlighted scherzos, fugues, song forms and rondos), and this one, in four movements, explores some of the many aspects of the variation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The violin is constantly played in the smallest village, and the young people dance old-fashioned cotillons or _danses rondos_. ❋ J. G. Bourinot (N/A)

In the early part of the last century, Mlle. Broes, a native of Amsterdam, won an enviable position as a pianist, and composed a number of pieces for her instrument, including dances, rondos, and variations. ❋ Arthur Elson (N/A)

Nanette von Schaden, a native of Salzburg, composed two piano concertos, as well as numerous sonatas and rondos for piano. ❋ Arthur Elson (N/A)

Examples of rondos may be found in any volume of sonatas or sonatinas. ❋ Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1928)

At the same time he made sarabandes, gavottes, minuets, chaconnes, passepieds, gigues, polonaises and rondos dance across the piano in quick succession; and his comments were as spirited as his playing. ❋ Lawrence Gilman (1908)

In the rondos, then, all the movements of musical development revolve about one significant sentence or theme, the style of which therefore determines the prevailing character of the whole composition. ❋ Percy Goetschius (1898)

In the first place, the rondos rest upon a narrower thematic basis, centering in one single theme -- the Principal one -- about which the other themes revolve. ❋ Percy Goetschius (1898)

His youthful expansiveness finds a fair field in these variations, rondos and fantasias. ❋ James Huneker (1890)

This mass of works included not alone the very remarkable variations upon Mozart's air, already mentioned, and the brilliant concertos, with certain rondos and mazurkas and other characteristic illustrations of the Chopin genius, but also the studies for pianoforte, opus 10, which in methods of treating the piano amount to a most astonishing advance over anything which had appeared before them. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Most given was Yoomy to amorous melodies, and rondos, and roundelays, very witching to hear. ❋ Herman Melville (1855)

London and the provinces, we were strangely given to an amusement which yielded us no pleasure; we were continually imposing on ourselves the direst and dreariest of tasks; we were tormenting ourselves with symphonies, and lacerating our patience with sonatas and rondos. ❋ Various (1841)

The formal principle of rondos, commonly used in finales, depends upon literal repetition and a juxtaposition of unlike materials associated with a kind of folk-like jollity. ❋ Pro Tempore (2010)

Some of this music reverts to the triadic and 'murky bass' (i.e. broken-octave) accompanimental formulas that recall Clementi's writing as early as Op 2, and all but one of these sonatas again have rondos as final movements. ❋ Pro Tempore (2010)

And even the two rondos among them (the finales of Op 9 Nos 1 and 2) have a certain heft and gravity not often associated with the genre. ❋ Pro Tempore (2010)

In the lilting allegros and rondos, Uchida summons that legendary "bouncy" Mozart tempo and youthful enthusiasm, while still finding the occasional pathos when called for in certain moments. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You expect your point guard to do better than this --- also about 4 of rondos misses were forced layups ... not open jumpers ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Kid] [Nation] is the most rondo thing I've ever [heard] of. ❋ Sbpsp (2007)

"Just [be grateful] you didn't [turn out] rondo like [your sister]." ❋ Poopslanger (2007)

[Slide me] the Rondo so i can [bust on] [them niggas] ❋ AlmightyIceMan (2019)

This guy Rondoed me during my [basketball game]. [Greg] want to Rondo [Taylor's] ass. ❋ Robert (2005)

[Fucken] [Rondo] Your a [fucken] [rondo] boy ❋ Meth Sorton (2019)

We're [leaving]; [you need] to rondo [that shit]. ❋ Mintclassic (2009)

"[That guy] Rondo is [a B].[A.M.F]!" ❋ Mrs.Reznor (2016)

[One time] while Alex was giving [Shea] head, Shea gave him a rondo. Alex got [pinkeye] the next day and had to leave school early. ❋ Reeshav (2006)

"Oh my golly gosh, those chaps over there just Rondoed me and now I have these bally red marks on my posterior!" "I say, that chap over there looks like he needs a good hard Rondoing!" "Help! HELP! I'M BEING RONDOED!" "[Tally Ho]! Let us venture forth into the slums of [Abingdon] and Rondo some [Big Issue] vendors!" ❋ Rt. Hon. Cecil Francis Herbert Cuthbert-Sears (2008)

No need to have an [existential crisis].... a turn, rondo, whatever....if he's singing it, David [Cooks] our [analog] hearts. ❋ Phantomjudge (2008)