Serenade (disambiguation)
# Serenade (disambiguation)

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
