pastorale Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a musical composition that evokes rural life
    idyll; pastoral; idyl.

WordNet


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

Webster 1913