Definitions for serenata

serenata ser·e·na·ta

Spelling: [ser-uh-nah-tuh]
IPA: /ˌsɛr əˈnɑ tə/

Serenata is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in serenata (aaeenrst).

Definitions for serenata

noun

  1. a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
  2. an instrumental composition in several movements, intermediate between the suite and the symphony.

Origin of serenata

1715-25; Italian serenata evening song, equivalent to seren(o) serene + -ata noun suffix, associated with sera evening; cf. soiree

Examples for serenata

He therefore begged him to write a serenata without delay, for the time was approaching when it was to be performed.

The doorway was empty; the evening serenata of a robin filled the hush.

He also provided a secular entertainment in the shape of Parnaso in festa, described as a serenata.

Then Nora's sweet, high soprano voice began the "serenata" to the subdued tinkling accompaniment of Reddy's mandolin.

In form the serenata resembles those written for the complete orchestra.

An energetic clapping of hands, from other windows as well as those of Marjories room, greeted the close of the serenata.

I saw him first in a gondola the night of the serenata—and then at the Armenian convent.

It was not a revision of the serenata which he wrote at Naples, but an entirely new work.

And then I've promised to compose you a serenata, with seventy-five verses.

In 1743 was written the serenata Solomon, in which occurs the favourite song “Softly rise, O southern breeze.”

Word Value for serenata
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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