Melopoeia

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The art of forming melody; melody;

— now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.

Related Words

melopoeia
mĕlŏpoeĭa, ae, f., = μελοποιΐα, musical composition : melopoeia est habitus modulationis effectae, ...

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