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 Roncesval’les (4 syl.).Rone (1 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Rondo.
 
Father of the rondo. Jean Baptiste Davaux; but Gluck was the first to introduce the musical rondo into France, in the opera of Orpheus.   1
 


 Roncesval’les (4 syl.).Rone (1 syl.). 

 
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