Dictionary entry

Aubade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.

The crowing cock...

Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear.

Longfellow.