serenata (serenata)

[ intermediate link between the suite and the symphony, being more emancipated from the control of mere dance forms than the one, and much le unified and technically elaborate than the other. It was a favorite form of composition with Mozart. Also ca ation and divertimento. IMG:content-0653.png:[blocks in formation] placidly. He dyed at his house in Q. street, very serenely; asked what was o'clock, and then, sayd he, an hour hence I shall depart; he then turned his head to the other side and expired. Aubrey, Lives, Edward Lord Herbert. The moon was pallid, but not faint,... Serenely moving on her way. Long fellow, Occultation of Orion. 2. Without excitement; coolly; deliberately. Whatever practical rule is, in any place, generally and with allowance broken, cannot be supposed innate; it being impo ible that men should, without shame or fear, confidently and serenely break a rule which they could not but evidently know that God had set up. Locke, Human Understanding, I. iii. § 13. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0655.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary