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aubade
aubade (Provençal, alba; German, Tagelied), a dawn song, usually describing the regret of two lovers at their imminent separation. The form (which has no strict metrical pattern) flourished with the conventions of courtly love and survives in such modern examples as Empson's ‘Aubade’ (1940).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-aubade.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-aubade.html |
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aubade
aubade (Fr., from aube, dawn). Early morning music, likewise serenade—evening music.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-aubade.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "aubade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-aubade.html |
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aubade
•Assad, aubade, avant-garde, backyard, ballade, bard, Bernard, bombard, canard, card, charade, chard, couvade, croustade, Cunard, facade, glissade, guard, hard, ill-starred, interlard, lard, Montagnard, nard, pard, petard, pomade, promenade, regard, retard, rodomontade, roulade, saccade, Sade, salade, sard, shard, unmarred, unscarred, yard
•Bayard • galliard • Savoyard
•Svalbard
•bombarde, Lombard
•Goddard • blackguard • vanguard
•Asgard • safeguard • Midgard
•bodyguard • lifeguard • Bogarde
•coastguard • mudguard • rearguard
•fireguard • Kierkegaard • diehard
•blowhard
•Jacquard, placard
•flashcard • railcard • racecard • Picard
•scorecard • showcard • phonecard
•Ballard, mallard
•Willard • Abelard • bollard • Barnard
•Maynard, reynard
•communard • Oudenarde • Stoppard
•Gerard • Everard • brassard
•Hansard, mansard
•Trenchard • Ostade • leotard
•boulevard • scrapyard • farmyard
•barnyard • graveyard • brickyard
•shipyard
•dockyard, stockyard
•foreyard • courtyard • boatyard
•woodyard • junkyard • churchyard
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"aubade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aubade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aubade.html "aubade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aubade.html |
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