Aubade

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aubade \Au`bade"\, n. [F., fr. aube the dawn, fr. L. albus
     white.]
     An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an
     evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive
     of morning. --Grove.
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           The crowing cock . . .
           Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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