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单词 pastorale
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pastoralen.

Brit. /ˌpastəˈrɑːl/, /ˌpastəˈrɑːli/, U.S. /ˌpæstəˈrɑl/, /ˌpæstəˈræl/
Forms: 1700s pastorali (plural), 1700s– pastorale.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pastorale.
Etymology: < Italian pastorale (a1685), use as noun of pastorale pastoral adj. Compare French pastorale (1703 in music; 1787 denoting a dance; 16th cent. denoting a literary genre). Compare earlier pastoral n. 3b.
1. Music.
a. An instrumental or vocal composition in compound time, intending to evoke a rustic scene, usually by means of droning bass notes suggestive of a shepherd's bagpipes.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > pastoral piece
pastorella1699
pastorale1724
musette1726
pastourelle1735
1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Pastorale, is an Air composed after a very sweet, easy, gentle Manner, in Imitation of those Airs which Shepherds are supposed to play.
1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 11/1 In Christmas time, all quarters of Naples resound with Pastorali or Siciliane, a kind of simple rural music, executed by..shepherds, upon a species of bag-pipes.
1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music i. 9 The theme of the Pastorale in Handel's ‘Messiah’ has been derived from the Pifferari, Italian peasants.
1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 192/1 Another of Best's editions was ‘Cecilia’ (1883)..; it included his own sonata in D minor, a ‘Christmas Pastorale’, [etc.].
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 692/2 The name Pastorale is often applied to an instrumental composition, generally in a six-in-a-measure or twelve-in-a-measure time.
2003 Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. (Features section) 23 The vision of the beloved haunted the slow movement's pastorale.
b. An opera, cantata, or other vocal work with a pastoral subject. Cf. pastoral n. 3b.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > pastoral
pastoral1614
pastorale1876
1876 Catholic World Feb. 652/1 Among their other amusements is the pastorale, acted in the open air.
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 670 Pastorales had their origin in Italy, where..the study of the Eclogues of Theocritus and Virgil led to the stage representation of pastoral dramas.
1959 D. Woodward tr. A. Schönberger & H. Soehner Rococo Age (1963) 368 This opera is a heroic pastorale in which Apollo as a shepherd makes advances to the nymph Issa.
1994 Trav. & Leisure Dec. 109/2 We wander into the community hall in time to catch a traveling troupe's performance of a pastorale, a 19th-century Christmas play.
2. Dance. = pastourelle n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > figure > figures in quadrilles and country-dances
allemande?1770
reel1804
pastourelle?1814
poussette1814
pastorale1822
ladies' chain1825
poussetting1836
tour1841
grand chain1864
first set1894
1822 Manch. Iris 8 June 152/1 We would hint that Dancing now-a-days is of great importance. A good pastorale has often procured an acred wife.
1845 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 479/1 The next set, or whatever they called it, had the equally unmeaning title of the ‘Pastorale’.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah vii. 231 When one couple is dancing ‘Trélise’, and another ‘Pastorale’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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