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The word '''Pastoral''' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''“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.   

The earliest piece of English lyric verse to which we have a tune is the pastoral ''“Sumer is acumen in”'' from about  the 1240s. Also about this time a play on the frivolities of ''“Robin et Marion”'' was set to music.

The earliest piece of English lyric verse to which we have a tune is the pastoral ''“Sumer is acumen in”'' from about  the 1240s. Also about this time a play on the frivolities of ''“Robin et Marion”'' was set to music.