. "This article is about the musical form. See Serenade (disambiguation) for other meanings.In music, a serenade (or sometimes serenata, from the Italian word) is a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone's honor. Serenades are typically calm, light music.The word serenade is the translation of the Italian word serenata, derived from the word sereno, which means \"calm\"."@en . .