Definition of pastorale Pastorale
pas•to•rale
We found 7 definitions of pastorale from 5 different sources.
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What does pastorale mean?
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NounPlural: pastorales |
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| pastorale - a musical composition that evokes rural life | ||
| pastoral, idyll, idyl | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pastorale (n.)
A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time. - pastorale (n.)
A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pastorale
pas-tō-rä′le, n. a variety of opera or cantata characterised by the idyllic or pastoral element: a vocal or instrumental piece intended to suggest pastoral life: one of the simple traditional open-air dramas still kept up among the Basques: one of the figures of a quadrille.—Also Pastourelle′
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🔤- pastorale, noun, singular of pastorales.
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