单词 | serenade |
释义 | serenaden. 1. a. A performance of vocal or instrumental music given at night in the open air, esp. such a performance given by a lover under the window of his lady. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades > performance of music by lover for his beloved serenade1656 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > serenade serenade1656 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 236 They go and give the Governour a Serenade. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 768 Serenate, which the starv'd Lover sings To his proud fair. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses v. 23 The Musick and Serenades that were given her, sounded more ungratefully in her Ears, than the Noise of a Screech Owl. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iii. iii. 57 My voice woke the stillness of the waving sedges with a soldier's serenade. 1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer i. 163 A serenade is an every-day affair. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 118 Or the soft Serenades above In calme of Night, when Cats make Love. 1656 A. Cowley Misc. 38 in Poems Foolish Prater, what do'st thou So early at my window do With thy tuneless Serenade? 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. i. 27 We are enabled to..entertain our selves with the Serenades of a Good Conscience. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross III. iii. 34 When I will finish wot I've left unsung, as the tom-cat said when the brick-bat cut short his serenade. 1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India 391 I listened one night to the most remarkable serenade of tigers I ever heard. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades > poem suitable for a serenade serenade1710 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > other poems to be sung ronc1225 madrigal1586 serenade1710 pennill1784 pada1873 cantiga1915 1710 Tatler No. 222 Horace's tenth Ode of the third book was originally a Serenade. 3. Music. A piece of music suitable or specially composed for singing or playing in the open air as a complimentary performance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > serenade goodnight1600 serenade1728 cassation1879 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > serenade window-song1609 serenade1728 serenata1743 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Pieces compos'd or play'd on these Occasions, are also call'd Serenades. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. iii. 127 Some of their servants..were performing a simple serenade. 1883 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music III. 467/2 The most delicious example of this that we possess is the Serenade in Sterndale Bennett's Chamber Trio in A, Op. 27. 1893–7 J. S. Shedlock tr. K. W. J. H. Riemann Dict. Music (at cited word) The only thing retained from the past in serenades is that they have more movements than is usual in a sonata or symphony. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1908 W. S. Rockstro in Grove's Dict. Music IV. 418/2 The two Serenade trios of Beethoven. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The six-movement scheme (though without the serenade style) was adopted by Beethoven in..the string quartet in B flat. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 663/1 The classics of the serenade forms are among the works of Mozart and Haydn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). serenadev. 1. a. transitive. To entertain (a person) with a serenade. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > entertain with a serenade serenade1672 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music jig1598 serenade1672 prelude1795 shivaree1805 dirge1826 ran-tan1866 overture1870 threnody1893 ragtime1908 rag1914 blow1949 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood ii. i I intend to serenade the whole Park to-night. 1691 Comedy, Win Her & Take Her i. ii. 5 A fourth [would] make verses upon you; treat, present, and Serenade you. 1727 S. Sewall Diary 15 Apr. (1973) II. 1052 Last night three musicians serenaded me under my Chamber Window. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. xxv. 253 It's only a parcel of fellers gone to serenade an old widower that's been a-marrying of a young girl. 1887 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. vi I am going to beg our guests to come with us and serenade a lady whose name I will not mention. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. ii. 123 From serenading his Patient every Hunting Morning with the Horn under his Window, it was impossible to withhold him. View more context for this quotation 1774 G. White Let. 28 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 182 In hot mornings several [swifts]..dash round the steeples and churches, squeaking as they go in a very clamorous manner: these..are supposed to be males serenading their sitting hens. 1825 P. J. Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornithol.: Pt. 1st 240 The male bird..uttering the singular but unmusical notes with which he serenades his mate during incubation. 2. intransitive (or absol.) To perform a serenade. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love [verb (intransitive)] > perform a serenade serenade1671 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music serenade1671 prelude1680 fugue1783 pastoralize1828 preludize1829 symphonize1833 ran-tan1866 counterpoint1875 rag1896 ragtime1908 jazz1916 rock1931 jivec1938 bop1947 blow1949 rock-and-roll1956 skiffle1957 hip-hop1983 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 29 When I go a Serenading again with 'em, I'll give 'em leave to make Fiddle-strings of my small-guts. 1710 Tatler No. 222 Our honest countrymen..seldom begin to sing until they are drunk; which also is usually the time when they are most disposed to Serenade. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 299 I'll warrant, these cavaliers have their loves among the Spanish beauties..and will soon be serenading under their balconies. Derivatives sereˈnading n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > performing a serenade serenading1673 society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [adjective] defunctive1601 epicedial?c1615 pastoritial1654 serenading1673 nomic1728 rhapsodic1844 polycephalic1850 nocturnal1896 palindromic1961 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing other music serenading1673 caroling1867 yodelling1886 torchy1941 the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > courting by singing serenades serenading1797 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > specific type of music gibbeting1615 fuguing1694 serenading1797 hornpiping1864 ragging1899 jazzing1917 riffing1933 rocking1948 rock 'n' rolling1956 skiffling1957 rifferama1977 riffola1979 hip-hopping1987 riffage1991 1673 J. Dryden Assignation ii. iii. 19 Where is this Serenading Rascall? ?c1710 J. Taylor Journey Edenborough (1903) 90 We caus'd 3 Serenading Tunes to be particularly plai'd at Sir Lothian Blackets, Enamoretta's and Astraca's houses. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxviii. 449 The custom of serenading..ever will prevail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1649v.1671 |
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