The Uraeus (/jÊËriÉs/; plural Uraei or Uraeuses; from the Greek Î¿á½ÏÎ±á¿Î¿Ï, ouraÃ®os, on its tail; from Egyptian jÊ¿r.t (iaret), rearing cobra) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra (asp, serpent, or snake), used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt.
ronâ¢do. 1. a musical form in which a refrain recurs typically four times in the tonic with intervening couplets in contrasting keys. 2. a movement in the form of a rondo.
Within an instrumental sonata or symphonic work, rondos are generally found in fast finales or in slow second movements. Probably because rondos are lighter in character, they are almost never found as a first movement. Conceptually, rondo is quite simple. The form consists of refrains that alternate with episodes.