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S0279200 (sĕr′ə-nād′, sĕr′ə-nād′)n.1. A musical performance given to honor or express love for someone, often by one person.2. South Atlantic US See shivaree.3. An instrumental composition written for a small ensemble and having characteristics of the suite and the sonata.v. ser·e·nad·ed, ser·e·nad·ing, ser·e·nades v.tr. To perform a serenade for.v.intr. To perform a serenade.

[French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from sereno, calm, clear, the open air, from Latin serēnus; see serene.]

ser′e·nad′er n.

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(ˌsɛrɪˈneɪd) n1. (Music, other) a piece of music appropriate to the evening, characteristically played outside the house of a woman2. (Music, other) a piece of music indicative or suggestive of this3. (Classical Music) an extended composition in several movements similar to the modern suite or divertimentovb4. (Music, other) (tr) to play a serenade for (someone)5. (Music, other) (intr) to play a serenade[C17: from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from sereno peaceful, from Latin serēnus calm; also influenced in meaning by Italian sera evening, from Latin sērus late] ˌsereˈnader n

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n., v. -nad•ed, -nad•ing. n. 1. a complimentary performance of music in the open air at night, as by a lover to his lady. 2. an instrumental composition of several movements that is intermediate between the suite and the symphony. v.t. 3. to entertain with a serenade. v.i. 4. to perform a serenade. [1640–50; < French sérénade < Italian serenata; see serenata] ser`e•nad′er, n.

serenade

Past participle: serenaded
Gerund: serenading

Imperative
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Present
I serenade
you serenade
he/she/it serenades
we serenade
you serenade
they serenade

Preterite
I serenaded
you serenaded
he/she/it serenaded
we serenaded
you serenaded
they serenaded

Present Continuous
I am serenading
you are serenading
he/she/it is serenading
we are serenading
you are serenading
they are serenading

Present Perfect
I have serenaded
you have serenaded
he/she/it has serenaded
we have serenaded
you have serenaded
they have serenaded

Past Continuous
I was serenading
you were serenading
he/she/it was serenading
we were serenading
you were serenading
they were serenading

Past Perfect
I had serenaded
you had serenaded
he/she/it had serenaded
we had serenaded
you had serenaded
they had serenaded

Future
I will serenade
you will serenade
he/she/it will serenade
we will serenade
you will serenade
they will serenade

Future Perfect
I will have serenaded
you will have serenaded
he/she/it will have serenaded
we will have serenaded
you will have serenaded
they will have serenaded

Future Continuous
I will be serenading
you will be serenading
he/she/it will be serenading
we will be serenading
you will be serenading
they will be serenading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been serenading
you have been serenading
he/she/it has been serenading
we have been serenading
you have been serenading
they have been serenading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been serenading
you will have been serenading
he/she/it will have been serenading
we will have been serenading
you will have been serenading
they will have been serenading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been serenading
you had been serenading
he/she/it had been serenading
we had been serenading
you had been serenading
they had been serenading

Conditional
I would serenade
you would serenade
he/she/it would serenade
we would serenade
you would serenade
they would serenade

Past Conditional
I would have serenaded
you would have serenaded
he/she/it would have serenaded
we would have serenaded
you would have serenaded
they would have serenaded

serenade

or serenata A piece appropriate for evening; a composition in several movements for a small group.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	serenade - a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed formdivertimentomusical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	2.	serenade - a song characteristically played outside the house of a womansong, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"belling, charivari, chivaree, shivaree, callathump, callithump - a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Verb	1.	serenade - sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

serenade

noun song, air, ballad, lay, tune, strain, carol, lyric, anthem, hymn He sang his serenade of love.

Translations

唱或奏小夜曲小夜曲

serenade

(serəˈneid) noun a piece of music played or sung in the open air at night. 小夜曲 verb to entertain with a serenade. The girl stood on her balcony and was serenaded by her lover. 唱（或奏）小夜曲

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 late 18th cent. the serenade became a light instrumental suite, whose movements were numerous and short and usually included a march and a minuet. The lover's song is known in German as Ständchen, while the suite is usually designated Nachtmusik, an example being Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The Italian serenata, while the equivalent of the French term sérénade, had an additional usage in the late 18th cent. in designating a short opera or dramatic cantata written to celebrate a special event in the household of the composer's patron.

Serenade

(1) A love song addressed to a woman, usually containing the theme of an invitation to a rendezvous. The serenade, which developed out of the serain or evening song of the Provençal troubadours, was popular among the southern Romance peoples. Fixed verse forms of the serenade did not develop. The singer usually performed a serenade under his beloved’s window, accompanying himself on the lute, mandolin, or guitar. Eventually, the serenade was used in operas, including Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. It also became a genre of vocal chamber music (for example, works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, M. I. Glinka, A. S. Dargomyzhskii, and P. I. Tchaikovsky).

(2) An instrumental piece, usually for a soloist and more rarely for an ensemble, with the same features as the vocal serenade. Instrumental serenades were composed by Mendelssohn, A. Dvořak, and A. S. Arenskii.

(3) A cyclic work composed for an instrumental ensemble and similar to the cassation, divertimento, and nocturne. Until the end of the 18th century, compositions of this type were written in honor of a particular person and designed for open-air performance. Unlike the symphony, the cyclic serenade usually consists of a minimum of seven or eight movements. It combines movements typical of the symphony and the suite. Among the composers who have written cyclic serenades are Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, H. Wolf, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Glazunov.

serenade

1. a piece of music appropriate to the evening, characteristically played outside the house of a woman 2. a piece of music indicative or suggestive of this 3. an extended composition in several movements similar to the modern suite or divertimento

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noun song

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noun a musical composition in several movements

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noun a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman

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verb sing and play for somebody

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