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serenata (iou)



serenata noun. M18.
[Italian, from sereno SERENE adjective, infl. by sera evening.]
Music.
A kind of elaborate cantata with a pastoral or mythological theme, composed esp. during the 17th and 18th cents. for performance at court or on special occasions. M18.
= SERENADE noun 2. L19.