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HOME | Definition of pastorale (PASTORALE, Pastorale)

    Pastorale \Pas`to*ra"le\, n. [It.]
    1. (Mus.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in
    6-8 or 12-8 time.
    [1913 Webster]

    2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


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

    WordNet (r) 2.0


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