title: Serenade (disambiguation)
text: # 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
  