aubade

l'aubade (FR N-F) dawn-song, (Sp. alborada), song sung to a beloved person at dawn. Derived from alba (dawn), a medieval troubadour or trouvère song in which lovers lament the too-rapid arrival of dawn after their (usually illicit) night of love-making,. Medieval albas are often overtly erotic in expression. Aubades were also played at court by military bands in honor of French sovereigns. Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester) for piano solo (1904 / 05, Miroirs #4) is an…