Pang, Pui Ling. / Thesis submitted in: October 2008. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-169). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Grasping Genre --- p.1 / Purpose and Outline of Study --- p.1 / The Concept of Genre --- p.3 / Classic View --- p.5 / Recent Views --- p.12 / Contemporary Study of Genre in Music --- p.15 / Historical Study of Genre --- p.16 / Hermeneutic Study of Genre --- p.18 / Study of the Serenade as a Musical Genre --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The History of Serenade to the End of the Eighteenth Century --- p.21 / The Origin of Serenade --- p.21 / Early Serenades and the Vocal Tradition --- p.26 / Emergence of Instrumental Serenades --- p.30 / Serenades and Related Genres in the Eighteenth Century --- p.34 / Mozart 's Serenades --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- "Intellectual, Social, and Stylistic Backgrounds" --- p.48 / Contextual Changes at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century --- p.48 / Serenades in the Early Nineteenth Century --- p.55 / Chamber Serenades --- p.55 / Serenades by Leading Composers of the Period --- p.57 / Serenades in the Operas --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Brahms's Serenades --- p.69 / Compositional Background --- p.69 / Music Analysis --- p.82 / "Serenade in D Major, op. II" --- p.83 / "Serenade in A Major, op. 16" --- p.92 / Brahms's Borrowings --- p.98 / Instrumentation and Tonal Plan --- p.100 / Early Reception --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Serenades in the Late Nineteenth Century --- p.109 / Serenades for Orchestra --- p.110 / Volkmann and His String Serenades --- p.113 / "String Serenades of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Suk，and Elgar" --- p.118 / "Dvorak's Wind Serenade in D Minor, op. 44" --- p.123 / Serenade as a “Miniaturéح Symphony --- p.125 / Other Serenades --- p.130 / Single-movement Serenades for Orchestra --- p.131 / Serenades for Chamber Ensemble --- p.133 / Serenades for Solo Piano --- p.135 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Grasping the Elusive Serenade --- p.139 / The History of the Serenade Revisited --- p.139 / Brahmśةs Role in Shaping the Serenade --- p.141 / Brahms's Invitation to Form --- p.143 / The Generic Web --- p.144 / Appendix Serenades in the Late Nineteenth Century --- p.147 / Bibliography --- p.154