Pastoral (disambiguation)

A pastoral is a work in the genre of literature, art, and music known as the pastoral genre, that depicts the simple life of a shepherd in an idealised manner.

Pastoral may also refer to:

Animal husbandry

 * Pastoral farming, the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock
 * Pastoralism, a form of animal husbandry where livestock are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people

Arts and entertainment

 * Pastoral: To Die in the Country, a 1974 Japanese film
 * Pastoral (theatre of Soule), a traditional kind of play from the Basque Country
 * Pastoral (Shute novel), by Nevil Shute
 * Pastoral (Alexis novel), by André Alexis
 * Pastoral (album), by Gazelle Twin, 2018
 * Pastoral, Beethoven's 6th Symphony
 * Pastoral, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 15
 * "Pastoral", a song by The Jesus Lizard from the 1990 album Head
 * Pastoral, a 2000 poetry collection by Carl Phillips
 * English Pastoral School, a group of English composers of classical music working during the early to mid 20th century

Other uses

 * Pastoral letter, or pastoral, an open letter by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese