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Rondo

A rondo is built on one tune that keeps coming back. That tune is the refrain, labelled A. Between its returns come contrasting episodes, labelled B, C and so on. A short rondo runs A B A; a fuller one runs A B A C A, often with a final B and a coda.

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HaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:351780HaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:481789HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:491790HaydnPiano Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI:511794MozartPiano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 2811775MozartPiano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 2841775MozartPiano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 3111777MozartPiano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 4571784MozartPiano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 5451788MozartPiano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 5761789BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 21795BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 31795BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 71797BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 11797BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 31798BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 131798BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 11799BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 221800BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 261801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 11801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 11802BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 371803BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 531804BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 791809BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 901814BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 1061818SchumannPiano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 441842BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 151858TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 741893MahlerSymphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor1902MahlerSymphony No. 9 in D major1909