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.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Rome
Rome of the West
Rome was not Built in a Day
Rome’s best Wealth is Patriotism
Romeo (A)
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Romulus
Ron or Rone
Ronald
Roncesvalles
Rondo
Rone
Ronyon or Ronion
Rood Lane (London)
Rood-loft (The)
Roodselken
Rook (A)
Rook’s Hill (Lavant, Chichester)
Rookery
Rooky Wood (The)
Room

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Rondo