pastorale
(ˈrɑ li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an opera or cantata with a pastoral subject.
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serenata
(ˌsɛr əˈnɑ tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a form of secular cantata. often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
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pastoral
Webster Dictionary
a cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life
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interlude
Webster Dictionary
a short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata. or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line
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