Definitions for pastorales

pastorales pas·to·rale

Spelling: [pas-tuh-rahl, -ral, -rah-lee, pah-st
IPA: /ˌpæs təˈrɑl, -ˈræl, -ˈrɑ li, ˌpɑ stə-; Italian ˌpɑs tɔˈrɑ lɛ/

Pastorales is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 957 anagrams from letters in pastorales (aaeloprsst).

Definitions for pastorales

noun

  1. an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
  2. a piece of music suggestive of pastoral life.

Origin of pastorales

1715-25; Italian, noun use of pastorale pastoral

Examples for pastorales

The goatherds ought to be playing the 'pastorale' down there!

"I should like to hear the 'pastorale' now," she said, presently.

It is peaceful and soothing, and might be called a pastorale.

After this, the action languishes, Abraham dies, and the pastorale comes to an end.

They and pastorale, a song without words, were given at the Soirees in the winter of 1908.

pastorale excerptum (perhaps merely an extract from the letters).

By the year 1853, it was to be found pretty generally in the gardens of Belgium under the name of pastorale.

Consequently, to get up a pastorale, a whole winter is not too long.

Jahns memorandum of it is in the following words: Scherzo of the pastorale.

He loved the "pastorale" almost without knowing that he loved it.

Word Value for pastorales
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