Definition of pastorale in English:

pastorale

nounPlural pastorales, Plural pastorali ˌpastəˈrɑːl

1Music
A slow instrumental composition in compound time, usually with drone notes in the bass.
the pastorales in Handel's Messiah and Corelli's Christmas Concerto
Example sentencesExamples
- Movement III unfolds as a graceful pastorale in 6/8 time, presenting the melody twice in its entirety, adding gravity through use of an ostinato-like pedal line.
- It may seem odd, then, that almost nothing is known about him… The Cloud Messenger is a poetic monologue in 210 stanzas; if one were to place it approximately in a genre of European verse, one could call it a pastorale.
- The Fall of Berlin has battle scenes galore modelled on the Leningrad Symphony, though there is also a cringe-making pastorale.
- It actually contains a prelude and three dances a well as the pastorale movement - a popular idiom of the period.
- He strongly felt the consoling power of the music in the pastorale, and Silverman recognizes the ambiguity in the title, which means both ‘woman rocking a cradle ‘and ‘lullaby.’
- The Concertante pastorale from 1951 sounds moonlit.
- Van Gogh also wrote movingly of the music he heard at the pastorale, and that when he went home after the play, ‘it was the first time I slept without a bad nightmare’.
2A simple musical play with a rural subject.
these two short pastorales are considered the earliest true operas in French
Example sentencesExamples
- Silverman confirms that during this time of year, Arles was awash in santons, crèches, and performances of pastorales, Nativity plays.
- Now in Blackburn you will find a naturalist for whom fall arrives when a leaf is floating on the dirty water of a city fountain - and the poem IS a pastorale, is a source of value.
- Catherine Stine's still-life oil pastorales are vignettes of a time when pre-Disney Pooh and The Wind in the Willows demarcated a child's world.
- It's an oxymoron but ‘Unconditional’ is an urban pastorale.
- Traditional Basque plays known as pastorales, which possibly related to medieval mystery plays, are still performed at festivals.
- Silverman and her research assistants even located the text of the actual pastorale that was performed that day in Arles (researchers take note: the text was found not in the Arles municipal archives but in the New York Public Library).

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian, literally 'pastoral' (adjective used as a noun).

Rhymes

Amal, Arles, banal, Barisal, Basle, Bhopal, Carl, chorale, corral, dhal, entente cordiale, Escorial, farl, femme fatale, Funchal, gayal, gnarl, halal, Karl, kraal, locale, marl, morale, musicale, Pascal, procès-verbal, Provençal, rationale, real, rial, riyal, snarl, Taal, Taj Mahal, timbale, toile, Vaal, Vidal, Waal

Definition of pastorale in US English:

pastorale

noun

1Music
A slow instrumental composition in compound time, usually with drone notes in the bass.
the pastorales in Handel's Messiah and Corelli's Christmas Concerto
Example sentencesExamples
- The Fall of Berlin has battle scenes galore modelled on the Leningrad Symphony, though there is also a cringe-making pastorale.
- The Concertante pastorale from 1951 sounds moonlit.
- He strongly felt the consoling power of the music in the pastorale, and Silverman recognizes the ambiguity in the title, which means both ‘woman rocking a cradle ‘and ‘lullaby.’
- It may seem odd, then, that almost nothing is known about him… The Cloud Messenger is a poetic monologue in 210 stanzas; if one were to place it approximately in a genre of European verse, one could call it a pastorale.
- Van Gogh also wrote movingly of the music he heard at the pastorale, and that when he went home after the play, ‘it was the first time I slept without a bad nightmare’.
- Movement III unfolds as a graceful pastorale in 6/8 time, presenting the melody twice in its entirety, adding gravity through use of an ostinato-like pedal line.
- It actually contains a prelude and three dances a well as the pastorale movement - a popular idiom of the period.
2A simple musical play with a rural subject.
these two short pastorales are considered the earliest true operas in French
Example sentencesExamples
- Silverman and her research assistants even located the text of the actual pastorale that was performed that day in Arles (researchers take note: the text was found not in the Arles municipal archives but in the New York Public Library).
- Silverman confirms that during this time of year, Arles was awash in santons, crèches, and performances of pastorales, Nativity plays.
- Now in Blackburn you will find a naturalist for whom fall arrives when a leaf is floating on the dirty water of a city fountain - and the poem IS a pastorale, is a source of value.
- Traditional Basque plays known as pastorales, which possibly related to medieval mystery plays, are still performed at festivals.
- It's an oxymoron but ‘Unconditional’ is an urban pastorale.
- Catherine Stine's still-life oil pastorales are vignettes of a time when pre-Disney Pooh and The Wind in the Willows demarcated a child's world.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Italian, literally ‘pastoral’ (adjective used as a noun).

单词	pastorale
释义	Definition of pastorale in English: pastorale nounPlural pastorales, Plural pastorali ˌpastəˈrɑːl 1Music A slow instrumental composition in compound time, usually with drone notes in the bass. the pastorales in Handel's Messiah and Corelli's Christmas Concerto Example sentencesExamples Movement III unfolds as a graceful pastorale in 6/8 time, presenting the melody twice in its entirety, adding gravity through use of an ostinato-like pedal line. It may seem odd, then, that almost nothing is known about him… The Cloud Messenger is a poetic monologue in 210 stanzas; if one were to place it approximately in a genre of European verse, one could call it a pastorale. The Fall of Berlin has battle scenes galore modelled on the Leningrad Symphony, though there is also a cringe-making pastorale. It actually contains a prelude and three dances a well as the pastorale movement - a popular idiom of the period. He strongly felt the consoling power of the music in the pastorale, and Silverman recognizes the ambiguity in the title, which means both ‘woman rocking a cradle ‘and ‘lullaby.’ The Concertante pastorale from 1951 sounds moonlit. Van Gogh also wrote movingly of the music he heard at the pastorale, and that when he went home after the play, ‘it was the first time I slept without a bad nightmare’. 2A simple musical play with a rural subject. these two short pastorales are considered the earliest true operas in French Example sentencesExamples Silverman confirms that during this time of year, Arles was awash in santons, crèches, and performances of pastorales, Nativity plays. Now in Blackburn you will find a naturalist for whom fall arrives when a leaf is floating on the dirty water of a city fountain - and the poem IS a pastorale, is a source of value. Catherine Stine's still-life oil pastorales are vignettes of a time when pre-Disney Pooh and The Wind in the Willows demarcated a child's world. It's an oxymoron but ‘Unconditional’ is an urban pastorale. Traditional Basque plays known as pastorales, which possibly related to medieval mystery plays, are still performed at festivals. Silverman and her research assistants even located the text of the actual pastorale that was performed that day in Arles (researchers take note: the text was found not in the Arles municipal archives but in the New York Public Library). Origin Early 18th century: from Italian, literally 'pastoral' (adjective used as a noun). Rhymes Amal, Arles, banal, Barisal, Basle, Bhopal, Carl, chorale, corral, dhal, entente cordiale, Escorial, farl, femme fatale, Funchal, gayal, gnarl, halal, Karl, kraal, locale, marl, morale, musicale, Pascal, procès-verbal, Provençal, rationale, real, rial, riyal, snarl, Taal, Taj Mahal, timbale, toile, Vaal, Vidal, Waal Definition of pastorale in US English: pastorale noun 1Music A slow instrumental composition in compound time, usually with drone notes in the bass. the pastorales in Handel's Messiah and Corelli's Christmas Concerto Example sentencesExamples The Fall of Berlin has battle scenes galore modelled on the Leningrad Symphony, though there is also a cringe-making pastorale. The Concertante pastorale from 1951 sounds moonlit. He strongly felt the consoling power of the music in the pastorale, and Silverman recognizes the ambiguity in the title, which means both ‘woman rocking a cradle ‘and ‘lullaby.’ It may seem odd, then, that almost nothing is known about him… The Cloud Messenger is a poetic monologue in 210 stanzas; if one were to place it approximately in a genre of European verse, one could call it a pastorale. Van Gogh also wrote movingly of the music he heard at the pastorale, and that when he went home after the play, ‘it was the first time I slept without a bad nightmare’. Movement III unfolds as a graceful pastorale in 6/8 time, presenting the melody twice in its entirety, adding gravity through use of an ostinato-like pedal line. It actually contains a prelude and three dances a well as the pastorale movement - a popular idiom of the period. 2A simple musical play with a rural subject. these two short pastorales are considered the earliest true operas in French Example sentencesExamples Silverman and her research assistants even located the text of the actual pastorale that was performed that day in Arles (researchers take note: the text was found not in the Arles municipal archives but in the New York Public Library). Silverman confirms that during this time of year, Arles was awash in santons, crèches, and performances of pastorales, Nativity plays. Now in Blackburn you will find a naturalist for whom fall arrives when a leaf is floating on the dirty water of a city fountain - and the poem IS a pastorale, is a source of value. Traditional Basque plays known as pastorales, which possibly related to medieval mystery plays, are still performed at festivals. It's an oxymoron but ‘Unconditional’ is an urban pastorale. Catherine Stine's still-life oil pastorales are vignettes of a time when pre-Disney Pooh and The Wind in the Willows demarcated a child's world. Origin Early 18th century: from Italian, literally ‘pastoral’ (adjective used as a noun).
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