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CIDE DICTIONARY
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serenate

CIDE DICTIONARY

serenaten. [It. serenata. See Serenade.].
     A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.  [1913 Webster]
    " The name serenata was given by Italian composers in the time of Handel, and by Handel himself, to a cantata of a pastoreal of dramatic character, to a secular ode, etc.; also by Mozart and others to an orchectral composition, in several movements, midway between the suite of an earlier period and the modern symphony."  Grove.  [1913 Webster]
    "Or serenate, which the starved lover sings
    To his pround fair.
    "  [1913 Webster]

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