PASTORALE
pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
(noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pastorale (plural pastorales)
A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.
One of the figures of a quadrille.
Anagrams
• parosteal, saropatel
Source: Wiktionary
Pas`to*ra"le, n. Etym: [It.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.
2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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