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==Origin==

==Origin==

French ''sérénade'', from Italian ''serenata'', from ''sereno'' clear, calm (of weather), from [[Latin]] ''serenus'' serene

French ''sérénade'', from Italian ''serenata'', from ''sereno'' clear, calm (of weather), from [[Latin]] ''serenus'' serene

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1649]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1649]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a complimentary vocal or instrumental [[performance]]; especially : one given outdoors at night for a [[woman]] being [[courted]]

*1a : a complimentary vocal or instrumental [[performance]]; especially : one given outdoors at night for a [[woman]] being [[courted]]

In [[music]], a '''serenade''' (or sometimes ''serenata'') is a musical [[composition]], and/or performance, in someone's [[honor]]. Serenades are typically calm, light music.

In [[music]], a '''serenade''' (or sometimes ''serenata'') is a musical [[composition]], and/or performance, in someone's [[honor]]. Serenades are typically calm, light music.

In the oldest usage, which survives in informal form to the present day, a ''serenade'' is a musical greeting performed for a [[lover]], [[friend]], person of rank or other person to be [[honored]]. The classic ''serenade'' usage would be from a lover to his lady love through a window. It was considered an evening piece, one to be performed on a [[quiet]] and pleasant evening, as opposed to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubade aubade], which would be performed in the [[morning]]. The [[custom]] of serenading in this [[manner]] began in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music Medieval] era, and the word "serenade" as commonly used in current [[English]] is related to this [[custom]]. Music performed followed no one particular [[form]], except that it was typically sung by one person accompanying himself on a portable instrument, most likely a guitar, lute or other plucked instrument. Works of this type also appeared in later eras, but usually in a [[context]] that referred specifically to a [[past]] time, such as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria arias] in an [[opera]] (there is a famous example in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart Mozart]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni Don Giovanni]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber Carl Maria von Weber] composed his serenade for voice and guitar, ''Horch'! Leise horch', Geliebte!'' (1809).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenade]

In the oldest usage, which survives in informal form to the present day, a ''serenade'' is a musical greeting performed for a [[lover]], [[friend]], person of rank or other person to be [[honored]]. The classic ''serenade'' usage would be from a lover to his lady love through a window. It was considered an evening piece, one to be performed on a [[quiet]] and pleasant evening, as opposed to an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubade aubade], which would be performed in the [[morning]]. The [[custom]] of serenading in this [[manner]] began in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music Medieval] era, and the word "serenade" as commonly used in current [[English]] is related to this [[custom]]. Music performed followed no one particular [[form]], except that it was typically sung by one person accompanying himself on a portable instrument, most likely a guitar, lute or other plucked instrument. Works of this type also appeared in later eras, but usually in a [[context]] that referred specifically to a [[past]] time, such as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria arias] in an [[opera]] (there is a famous example in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart Mozart]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni Don Giovanni]). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber Carl Maria von Weber] composed his serenade for voice and guitar, ''Horch'! Leise horch', Geliebte!'' (1809).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenade]

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[[Category: Music]]