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Serenade
Musical composition or performance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the musical form. For other uses, see Serenade (disambiguation).
"Serenata" redirects here. For other uses, see Serenata (disambiguation).
In music, a serenade (/ˌsɛrəˈneɪd/; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Italian word serenata, which itself derives from the Latin serenus.[1] Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening", from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late".[2]
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