[mb-users] Classical question: Minuets, menuets, rondos, rondeaus, and rondeaux

[Olivier]

2008/2/12, Brian Schweitzer <brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com>:
> Just a question for someone who may know.  I've always taken minuet
> and menuet / rondo, rondeau, and rondeaux to be equivalents of the
> same thing.  Does anyone know if there is indeed a meaningful
> difference between the terms?

"Rondo" in French is tolerated as a variant spelling of the proper
"rondeau" when referring only to the musical form of a rondeau (rondo
as far as I can tell is the one used in English word).

Rondeau*x* is the plural form - so, it's not exactly equivalent ;).


Menuet is the French spelling of the English minuet, and apparently
sometimes considered a tolerable spelling variant in English as well.

Or did you meant difference between menuet and rondeau? In that case,
yes, they refer to different things.

Hope that helps,

- Olivier