mel·o·ma·ni·a

(mel'ō-mā'nē-ă),

An abnormal fascination with or devotion to music.

[L. melos, song + mania, frenzy]

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melomania

A uncommonly used term for:
1) The compulsion to sing;
(2) An abnormal passion for music.

References in periodicals archive

Beginning with Wagner's concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk--the total work of art, which in this account is associated with music and what Rasula calls "melomania"--allows Rasula to limn a vast modernist canvas.

History of a Shiver: The Sublime Impudence of Modernism

LINGFIELD: 2.10 Legend Falls, 2.40 Melomania (nap), 3.10 Ertlon, 3.40 White Plains.

Melomania set to triumph again; Newmarket

CAROLINE HADDOW had a winner on her first ride when Melomania pulled off a 40-1 shock at Lingfield yesterday.

Racing: Caroline's a cracker

Caroline Haddow made her very first ride a winning one when partnering rank outsider Melomania to a length and a half success over Gadge in a division of the amateur riders' handicap, writes Graham Dench.

Lingfield: Haddow enjoys winning debut

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