A serenade is a musical piece with the function of wooing or paying amorous homage. Three dimensions of meaning are apparent from the etymology: the context of time of day (Italian sera, “evening”), which explicitly defines the serenade as evening music; the prescription of the musical character as simple, cheerful, and unaffected (Latin serenus, “serene”), and customs of performance practice, in which the serenade was performed outdoors (Italian al sereno, “in the open air”) [4].