(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:50:37

Pas`to*ra"le (?), n. [It.]

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.

 

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