Definition of the French term pastourelle in music:
- shepherdess
- pastorela (medieval song sung by troubadours about the encounter between a knight and a shepherdess)
- one of the figures of the quadrille
Variants
pastorellepastorellapastorita
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- barcarolle – barcarole (Venetian gondolier's song, usually in 6...
- berceuse – lullaby, cradle song...
- bergerette – young shepherdess...
- brunette – brunette (French song form popular in the late 17t...
- cantilène – lyrical and melodious melody...
- cavatina – short song of simple character...
- doumka – genre of Slavic folk songs
- epicède – epicedium (funeral song or ode)
- hymne – hymn (song of praise)
- napolitain – Neapolitan (of or relating to Naples)...
- récitatif – recitative (solo song in a dramatic work where the...
- villanelle – villanella (generic term for various popular songs...
