PASTORALE


Meaning of PASTORALE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpas-tə-ˈräl, -ˈral also ]

-ˈrä-lē noun

Etymology: Italian, from pastorale of herdsmen, from Latin pastoralis

Date: 1724

1.

a. : an instrumental or vocal composition having a pastoral theme

b. : an opera of the 16th or 17th centuries having a pastoral plot

2. : pastoral 1a

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