Melancholy

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Melancholy may refer to:

  • Melancholia, one of the four temperaments in pre-modern medicine and proto-psychology, representing a state of low mood
  • Depression (mood), a state of low mood, also known as melancholy
  • Major depressive disorder, a mood disorder historically called melancholy

Arts and books

  • Melancholy (novel), a 1995 novel by Jon Fosse
  • Melancholy II or Melancholia II, a 1996 novella by Jon Fosse
  • Melancholy (Edvard Munch), an 1891–1893 series of paintings by Edvard Munch
  • Melancholy (Francesco Hayez), an 1840-1841 painting by Francesco Hayez

Music

  • Melancholy (album), a 1999 live free jazz album by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble
  • "Melancholy" (song), an environmental song by 365 Nepali artists 2017
    • Melancholy (documentary), a 2018 documentary based on environmental research studies of the regions of Nepal from 2013 to 2018
  • "Melancolie", a 1983 Moldovan song written by Grigore Vieru
  • "Melancholy", a 1998 song by Iced Earth from the album Something Wicked This Way Comes
  • "Melancholy", a 2017 song by the rapper Murs
  • "Melancholy", a 2009 song by Timothy B. Schmit from the album Expando
  • Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, a 1995 alternative rock album by The Smashing Pumpkins.

See also

  • Melancholia (disambiguation)
  • La Malinconia (disambiguation)
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