pastorale

(păs'tə-räl', -răl', -rä'lē, pä'stə-)
n., pl., -ra·li (-rä'lē), or -rales.

1. An instrumental or vocal composition with a tender melody in a moderately slow rhythm, suggestive of traditional shepherds' music and idyllic rural life.
2. A dramatic performance or opera, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, that was based on a rural theme or subject.

[Italian, of herdsmen, pastorale, from Latin pāstōrālis. See pastoral.]

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• Types of Music and Composition - pastorale: piece of music, esp. opera or cantata, suggestive of simple, rural life

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pastorale

Nederlands (Dutch)
pastorale, bescheiden musical met landelijk thema

Français (French)
n. - pastorale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pastorale

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) παστοράλε

Italiano (Italian)
pastorale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pastoral (f) (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
пастораль

Español (Spanish)
n. - pastoral

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pastoral (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
田园曲, 牧歌式歌剧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 田園曲, 牧歌式歌劇

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전원곡, 목가적 가극

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 牧歌曲, 田園曲, パストラル, 田園劇

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أنشودة رعاة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רועית - יצירה מוסיקלית בעלת צביון כפרי-אידילי‬

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