bergerette
French vocal music
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A bergerette is a form of French vocal music. It can refer to two distinct styles: a 16th-century pastoral song or dance, or an 18th-century French composition that imitates this pastoral style. The term is derived from the French word for shepherdess. In the 15th century, a curtailed form of the virelai, a French poetic and song structure, was also known as a bergerette.12
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