round, in music, a polyphonic vocal composition in which three or four voices follow each other around in a perpetual canon at the unison or octave. The catch is a particular type of round.
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "round". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Jul. 2011, https://www.britannica.com/art/round-music. Accessed 14 May 2025.
