Pastoral (disambiguation)

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 (film), a 1974 film by Shuji Terayama

• In literature:
  • Pastoral (theatre of Soule) is a form of folk theatre derived from religious plays in Soule, France
  • Pastoral (novel), a 1944 novel by Nevil Shute

• In music:
  • Pastoral pipes is a bagpipe developed in the 18th-19th century in Britain and Ireland(see List of European folk music traditions) that became the Uilleann pipes.
  • Beethoven's 6th Symphony is known as the "Pastoral Symphony"
  • Piano Sonata No. 15 written by Ludwig van Beethoven was dubbed "Pastoral" by his publisher
  • Pastoral (song), a song by The Jesus Lizard from their 1990 album Head

• In flower cultivation:
  • Pastoral flower, cultivated flower originally a meadow flower

• In Christian theological or ecclesiastical contexts:
  • "Pastoral" can refer to 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 in 591
  • Pastoral letter, an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of his diocese
  • Crosier, or pastoral staff

• Relating to work with livestock:
  • Pastoral dog, any dog that assists humans in managing livestock