Look up: serenade

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   serenade
   [n] - a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman 2. [v] - sing and play for somebody
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   Serenade
   Ser`e·nade' noun [ French sérénade , Italian serenata , probably from Latin serenus serene (cf. Serene ), misunderstood as a derivative from Latin serus late. Confer Soirée .] (Mus.) (a) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in ...
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   Serenade
   Ser`e·nade' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Serenaded ; present participle & verbal noun Serenading .] To entertain with a serenade.
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   Serenade
   Ser`e·nade' intransitive verb To perform a serenade.
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   serenade
   noun a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
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   Serenade
   In music, a `serenade` (or sometimes `serenata`) is, in its most general sense, a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone's honor. There are three general categories of serenade in music history. 1) In the oldest usage, which survives in informal form to the present day, a `serenade` is a composition performed for a lover, friend, or other person to be honored, typically in the evening and often below a window. The custom of serenadi...
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   Serenade
   • (n.) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times. • (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies. • (v. i.) To perform a serenade. • (v. t.) To enter...
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   serenade
   originally, a nocturnal song of courtship, and later, beginning in the late 18th century, a short suite of instrumental pieces, similar to the ... [2 related articles]
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   serenade
   serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is Deh, vieni alla finestra from Mozart's Don Giovanni. In the la...
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