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The word '''Pastoral''' is derived from the [[Latin]] adjective ''pastoralis'' ("appertaining to shepherds") and can be discerned as a form of literature as far back as [[Hesiod]] in the 7th century B.C.,  In music, as in literature, it is seen as having to do with country life and rural themes. As a musical term (often seen in the[[France| French]] ''“Pastorelle”'' or French and [[Italy|Italian]] ''“Pastorale”''), it came into Western music through certain songs of the troubadours and trouvères in southern and northern France respectively in the 11th and 12th centuries.   

The word '''Pastoral''' is derived from the [[Latin]] adjective ''pastoralis'' ("appertaining to shepherds") and can be discerned as a form of literature as far back as [[Hesiod]] in the 7th century B.C.,  In music, as in literature, it is seen as having to do with country life and rural themes. As a musical term (often seen in the[[France| French]] ''“Pastorelle”'' or French and [[Italy|Italian]] ''“Pastorale”''), it came into Western music through certain songs of the troubadours and trouvères in southern and northern France respectively in the 11th and 12th centuries.