Pastoral (disambiguation)

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Pastoral can refer to:

• Pastoralism, pastoral farming
• Pastoral, the lifestyle of shepherds, and also a genre of literature, music and visual art

Uses of "pastoral" related to the primary meanings above include:

• In film:
  • Pastoral: To Die in the Country, a 1974 film by Shuji Terayama
• In literature:
  • Pastoral elegy, a poem about idyllic rural life and death
  • Pastoral (theatre of Soule), a form of folk theatre in the region of Soule, France
  • Pastoral (1944 novel), a 1944 novel by Nevil Shute
  • Pastoral (2014 novel), a 2014 novel by André Alexis
• In music:
  • Pastoral pipes, a bagpipe that became the Uilleann pipes
  • Pastorale, a musical genre associated with traditional reed instruments
  • Beethoven's 6th Symphony, known as the "Pastoral Symphony"
  • Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 15, dubbed "Pastoral" by his publisher
  • "Pastoral", a song from Head (The Jesus Lizard album)
• In Christianity:
  • "Pastoral", the professional role of a Pastor or other Christian clergy
  • Pastoral care, the practice of care and counselling by a teacher or minister of religion
  • Pastoral Care or Pastoral Rule, a book written by Pope Gregory I
  • Pastoral letter, an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of his diocese
  • Pastoral staff, or crosier, a symbolic shepherd's staff carried by high-ranking clergy
• In dog classification:
  • Pastoral dog (disambiguation), a dog or dog breed that assists humans in managing livestock
• In flower cultivation:
  • Pastoral flower, a cultivated flower that was originally a meadow flower