Pastorale

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pastorale \Pas`to*ra"le\, n. [It.]
     1. (Mus.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in
        6-8 or 12-8 time.
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     2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pastorale
       n : a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastoral},
            {idyll}]
       [also: {pastorali} (pl)]