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A musical or literary work with pastoral associations.
Music. An instrumental or vocal composition in compound time, intending to evoke a rustic scene, usually by means of droning bass notes suggestive…
A pastoral piece of music typically having a drone in the bass part imitating the sound of the bagpipe; a dance performed to such music.
Music. = pastorale, n. 1a.