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noun - a musical composition that evokes rural life
An instrumental or vocal composition with a tender melody in a moderately slow rhythm, suggestive of traditional shepherds’ music and idyllic rural life.
A dramatic performance or opera, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, that was based on a rural theme or subject.
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| a musical composition that evokes rural life |
| An instrumental or vocal composition with a tender melody in a moderately slow rhythm, suggestive of traditional shepherds' music and idyllic rural life. |
| A dramatic performance or opera, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, that was based on a rural theme or subject. |
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Pastorale refers to something of a pastoral nature in music, whether in form or in mood. * In Baroque music, a pastorale is a movement of a melody in thirds over a drone bass, recalling the Christmas music of pifferari, players of the traditional Italian bagpipe (zampogna) and reed pipe (piffero). Pastorales are generally in 6/8 or 9/8 or 12/8 metre, at a moderate tempo. They resemble a slowed-down version of a tarantella, encompassing many of the same rhythms and melodic phrases. * Common examples include the last movement of Corelli's Christmas Concerto (Op.6, No.8), the third movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto from The Four Seasons, the Pifa movement of Handel's Messiah, the first movements of Bach's Pastorale (BWV 590) for organ, and the Sinfonia that opens part II of his Christmas Oratorio as an introduction to the angelic announcement to the shepherds. Scarlatti wrote some examples in his keyboard sonatas, and many other composers in the transition between the baroque and classic |