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aubade

[ oh-bad, oh-bahd; French oh-bad ]

noun

Music.
plural aubades
  1. a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.


aubade

/ obad /

noun

  1. a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
  2. a romantic or idyllic prelude or overture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aubade1

1670–80; < French, Middle French, equivalent to aube (< ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô alba song about the parting of two lovers at dawn < Vulgar Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin albus white, clear) + -ade -ade 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aubade1

C19: from French, from Old ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô aubada (unattested), from auba dawn, ultimately from Latin albus white
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A 62-year-old Air Force veteran who learned the Massachusett language only as an adult, Jamieson asked his mentor, Donald Three Bears Fisher, to approve the lyrics for “Daybreak,†the album’s first single and an ecstatic aubade with pounding drums.

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But this dalliance with aubade was short-lived, after which Tower and Weilerstein hit the ground running.

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In May, he proposed to his longtime girlfriend and tour manager, Ally Dale, so he celebrates finding love during the tender aubade “In the Morning Light.â€

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One of the best, “Aubade East,†is set in Harlem.

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But don’t mistake any old aubade for all-purpose morning music.

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