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‖ melopœïa Antiq.|mɛləʊˈpiːɪə|
[a. Gr. µελοποιία, f. µελοποιός maker of songs, f. µέλο-ς song + ποι-, ποιεῖν to make.]
The art of composing melodies; the part of dramatic art concerned with music.
1759Sir F. H. E. Stiles in Phil. Trans. LI. 698 By this school harmonic was divided into these seven parts; 1. of sounds..7. of melopœïa. 1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. v. 65 Of Melopœia. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 51 This part of a drama, called the melopœia, is ranged by Aristotle on a level with the diction. |