Serenades

right|thumb|Serenade by Leyster|Serenade by [[Judith Leyster]] thumb|Serenade in the Ottoman empire, 1688 In music, a serenade (; 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 , which itself derives from the Latin . Sense influenced by Italian sera "evening", from Latin sera, fem. of serus "late".

composition for string orchestra by Tchaikovsky

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Musical compositions by Johannes Brahms

orchestral work composed by Antonín Dvořák

composition for string trio by Ludwig van Beethoven

musical composition by Edward Elgar

composition for piano solo by Igor Stravinsky