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About Pastoral
Pastoral is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of dance music, pastoral and instrumental music.
Pastoral has given rise to 1 subgenre on this site, such as English Pastoral School.
From Wikipedia
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 and reed pipe. Pastorales are generally in 68 or 98 or 128 metre, at a moderate tempo.
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What is Pastoral?
Pastoral is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of dance music, pastoral and instrumental music.
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q1472271 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Pastorale – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pastoral Symphony Storm by Beethoven – Public domain