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• n  a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
• n  a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
• v  sing and play for somebody
  She was serenaded by her admirers

• He had exactly an hour for the conference, so he launched directly into his serenade, enumerating the reasons why Sophia alone could make his project take wing.
• Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee Harry Truman was serenaded at a Kansas City political dinner: We sing our praise of Vice President Truman, parley-vous,.
• She started in the bathhouses of Manhattan and sang a famous goodbye serenade to Johnny Carson.

• divertimento

News & Articles

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• WATCH: Philadelphia Orchestra Surprises Fellow Passengers With Tarmac Performance
  If you're going to be stuck on a place for three hours without moving, you might as well get to hear a performance from a world-class orchestra. Fortunately for passengers waiting on a tarmac in Beijing, the Philadelphia Orchestra were on hand to serenade them with Antonin Dvorak’s "American" String Quartet No. 12 Finale."
  June 7, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Chris Kattan in San Francisco Chronicle
  Kattan, 36, tells People magazine, "Originally I was going to do something very special. I tried to get Bono of U2 to serenade her. That didn't happen. Then I asked Justin Timberlake. No answer. After hundreds of phone calls and text messages, I...
• Kerry King in MTV.com
  This version of 'Black Serenade' is the version [guitarist] Jeff [Hanneman] originally wrote, and during the miscommunications of recording, it came out the way it did,said King.
• George Balanchine in BusinessWorld Online
  Maestro choreographer Balanchine said of Serenade, that "dancers simply move to fine music and a serenade, if you wish under the moon."