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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