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pastorale Music 1. a composition evocative of rural life, characterized by moderate compound duple or quadruple time and sometimes a droning accompaniment 2. a musical play based on a rustic story, popular during the 16th century How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rodriguez, La Iglesia, signo y primicia del reino: Reflexiones pastorales desde el Caribe y America Latina (Chicago: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Hispanic/Latino Ministry Program, 2003). Kirkendale discusses Cavalieri's surviving compositions--the Lamentations of Jeremiah, other responsories, and the Anima e corpo--in some detail, and examines closely the evidence for Cavalieri's lost pastorales, which he identifies as the earliest works that might bear the term opera. Because of his continual pastoral preoccupation, Costas founded the Centro Evangelico de Estudios Pastorales [The Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies]. |
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