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Definition of Pastorale
1. Noun. A musical composition that evokes rural life.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Derivative terms: Pastoral
Definition of Pastorale
1. n. A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.
Definition of Pastorale
1. Noun. a play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject ¹
2. Noun. art that is suggestive of pastoral themes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pastorale
1. [n -RALES or -RALI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastorale
Literary usage of Pastorale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Musically more important was Adam de la Halo's celebrated pastorale ' Le jeu de
Robin et de Marion/ which was played at the court of Charles of Anjou at ..."
2. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"Pastorale e Capriccio SCARLATTI-TAUSIG Here is, for those who like the antique,
... To play the Pastorale well you must render all the little mannerisms of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the latter 'a version of Chaucer's powers were unequal, for he was not
sufficiently Pope's first publication was the "Pastorale"; ..."
4. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, H. Tetu, Wilfrid Philip Ward (1889)
"Visite pastorale à la Baie des Chaleurs. — Maladie et démission de Mgr Hubert.
— Sa mort. Pendant que le Canada jouissait d'une paix profonde, ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"So Spenser in his pastorale. CORONEL. The original Spanish word for colonel.
This fully accounts for the modern pronunciation of the latter word, ..."
6. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"144 The quadrille: pastorale. "En avant trois." 1830. 56 Gil Bias discovering
himself to Camilla. "Taking the candle in my hand, I went towards the bed, ..."
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