Pastorale

[,pæstә'rɑ:li]

Definition

(noun.) a musical composition that evokes rural life.

Inputed by Cornelia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

(n.) A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.

Editor: Tod

Definition

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′.

Edited by Ingram