Rondellus
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In music rondellus is the formalized interchange of parts or voices according to a scheme, often used in English conducti and frequently in English motets of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, but never used for an entire piece (Caldwell 1992, p.47). For example:
A B C D E F C A B F D E B C A E F D
where the italicized letters represent music with text and the other letters are melismatic. (ibid)
Rondellus is also the name of a Black Sabbath cover band that performs their songs in latin, in the style of medieval minstrels.
[edit] Source
- Caldwell, John (1992). The Oxford History of English Music : Volume 1: From the Beginnings to c.1715. ISBN 0-19-816129-8.
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