Rundkanzone
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Rundkanzone [German: "rounded chanson" or "rounded canzona
Canzona
In the 16th century an instrumental chanson; later, a piece for ensemble in several sections or tempos...

"] is a type of bar form
Bar form
Bar form is a musical form of the pattern AAB.-Original Use:The term comes from the rigorous terminology of the Meistersinger guilds of the 15th to 18th century who used it to describe their songs and the songs of the predecessors, the minnesingers of the 12th to 14th century...

 (AAB form or "canzona form") originally taken from medieval German song, but also used to describe musical form in general. The form is represented by either:

ABAB/CB

-or-

AABA

The second part (CB) [German: Abgesang] concludes with most or all of the material (B) from each half (AB) [German: Stollen
Stollen
A Stollen is a loaf-shaped cake containing dried fruit, and covered with sugar, powdered sugar or icing sugar. The cake is usually made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts and spices. Stollen is a traditional German cake, usually eaten during the Christmas season, when called...

] of the double first part (ABAB) [German: Aufgesang].

German terms are retained in the discussion of bar form by music scholars because the terms were introduced by Lorenz in his exhaustive investigation of the music of 19th century composer Richard Wagner.
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