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A serenade, in its most general sense, is a musical composition and/or performance intended to honour an individual. It may also refer to:

Books

• Serenade (novel), a 1937 novel by James M. Cain
• Serenade (poetry collection), a 1930 anthology by J. Slauerhoff
• Serenade, a 2011 novel by Zülfü Livaneli

Film

• The Serenade (film), a 1916 American film featuring Oliver Hardy
• Serenade (1921 film), a First National Pictures film
• Serenade (1927 film), an American film starring Adolphe Menjou
• Serenade (1937 film), a German film directed by Willi Forst
• Serenade (1940 film), a French film starring Lilian Harvey
• Serenade (1956 film), an American film starring Mario Lanza, based on the novel of the same name by James M. Cain

Music

• Serenade Chamber Orchestra, an Armenian orchestra founded in 1991
• We Are Serenades, a.k.a. Serenades, a Swedish pop duo

Classical

• Serenades (Brahms), two of the earliest efforts by Johannes Brahms to write orchestral music
• Sérénade, by Charles Gounod
• Serenade (Stravinsky), a composition for solo piano completed by Igor Stravinsky in 1925
• Serenade (Bruch), a 1900 composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch
• The Serenade, an 1897 Broadway operetta with music and lyrics by Victor Herbert and book by Harry B. Smith

Albums

• Serenade (Neil Diamond album) (1974)
• Serenade (Katherine Jenkins album) (2006)
• Serenades (album), 1993 debut album by the British rock band Anathema
• Serenade, a 1994 BZN album

Songs

• "Serenade" (song from The Student Prince), a song from the operetta The Student Prince and the 1954 film of the same name, where it was sung by Mario Lanza
• "Serenade" (song from Serenade), a song from the 1956 film Serenade, sung by Mario Lanza
• "Serenade", a 1976 song from the album Fly Like an Eagle by the Steve Miller Band
• "Serenade", a 1983 song from the album Steeler by Steeler
• "Serenade" (Dover song), 1997
• "Serenade" (Shades song) (1997)
• "Serenade" (Tackey & Tsubasa song) (2004)

Other uses

• MV Serenade, a French ocean liner and later cruise ship
• Serenade (ballet), a 1934 ballet by George Balanchine
• Serenade (TV series), a 1959 Australian TV series
• Serenade, a character in the video game Eternal Sonata
• Serenade (Hong Kong), a private housing estate in Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

See also

• Serenata (disambiguation)

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