rusticana

British  

/ ˌrʌstɪˈkaːnə /

plural noun

1. objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles

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Example Sentences

The season had opened the previous week with Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci – Cav and Pag – that double dollop of bleak but tuneful Italian verismo which helped pave the way to Butterfly.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Often they are passed off as mere charming rusticana; titles like The Lark and The Sunrise do not help.

From Time Magazine Archive

"To wake me up before dawn so that I may begin to write on 'Cavalleria rusticana.'"

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

What the composer accomplished with tune, characteristic but fluent, eloquent yet sustained, in "Cavalleria rusticana," he tries to achieve in "Iris" with violent, disjointed, shifting of keys and splashes of instrumental color.

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

"Zanetto" was produced along with "Cavalleria rusticana" at the Metropolitan Opera House on October 8, 1902, and "Iris" on October 16.

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward