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 Definitions of pastorale  [ˈrɑ li]  

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Definition of 'pastorale' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pastorale
an opera or cantata with a pastoral subject.

2.  pastorale
a piece of music suggestive of pastoral life.

Etymology:  (1715–25; < It, n. use of pastoralepastoral)

Definition of 'pastorale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
a musical composition that evokes rural life


Definition of 'pastorale' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pastorale
a composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time

2. (noun) pastorale
a kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance



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