serenata

serenata, (Italian: “evening music”) plural serenatas or serenate, form of 18th-century vocal music combining many features of cantata, oratorio, and opera. Use of the term extends back at least to the 16th century.

to play a piece of music or sing for someone, especially for a woman while standing outside her house at night: Romeo serenades Juliet in the moonlight. Shoppers are serenaded with live piano music.

How to use serenata in a sentence. In form the serenata resembles those written for the complete orchestra. He therefore begged him to write a serenata without delay, for the time was approaching when it was to be performed.

a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady. a piece of music suitable for such performance.

A Serenade is commonly of a multi-movement structure, ranging anywhere from four to up to ten movements. They usually are constructed with a fast opening movement, followed by middle slow movements that alternate with fast ones and close with a fast Presto or Allegro movement.

Mariachi refers to the musical style and the individual band member in mariachi groups, which typically feature four or more performers who sing and play traditional folk music instruments, including a high-pitched, five-string guitar called a vihuela, a bass guitar called the guitarrón, violins, and trumpets.

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The serrate tip of the sheath facilitated insertion of the ovipositor into the leaf. Serrate leaf margins were more prominent at higher elevations. None of the preserved edges is serrated.

Noun He set a good example for the rest of us. She gave several examples to show that the program is effective. We've chosen three examples of contemporary architecture for closer study.

We commonly use the pronoun it as both a subject and an object pronoun:

• Don't drink the milk. It smells terrible.
• Has anyone seen my phone? I can't find it anywhere.
• That furniture is lovely. It isn't too expensive for us, is it?
• You know the flat with three bedrooms by the supermarket?

When you serenade someone, you play or sing a song, often outdoors. In Italian, serenata means "an evening song," and the noun serenade is a tune played or sung, either for one specific person or for a larger audience, outside.

Verb He serenaded her from the garden below her window. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'serenade.