# Melancholy

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**Melancholy** may refer to:

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

## Arts and books

- [*Melancholy* (novel)](/source/Melancholy_(novel)), a 1995 novel by Jon Fosse
- *[Melancholy II](/source/Melancholy_II)* or *Melancholia II*, a 1996 novella by Jon Fosse
- [*Melancholy* (Munch)](/source/Melancholy_(Munch)), an 1891–1893 series of paintings by Edvard Munch
- [*Melancholy* (Hayez)](/source/Melancholy_(Hayez)), an 1840-1841 painting by Francesco Hayez

## Music

- [*Melancholy* (Cecil Taylor album)](/source/Melancholy_(Cecil_Taylor_album)), a 1999 live free jazz album by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble
- [*Melancholy* (Shadow of Intent album)](/source/Melancholy_(Shadow_of_Intent_album)), a 2019 album
- ["Melancholy" (song)](/source/Melancholy_(song)), an environmental song by 365 Nepali artists 2017 - [*Melancholy* (documentary)](/source/Melancholy_(documentary)), a 2018 documentary based on environmental research studies of the regions of Nepal from 2013 to 2018
- "[Melancolie](/source/Melancolie)", a 1983 Moldovan song written by Grigore Vieru
- "Melancholy", a 1998 song by Iced Earth from the album *[Something Wicked This Way Comes](/source/Something_Wicked_This_Way_Comes_(Iced_Earth_album))*
- "Melancholy", a 2017 song by the rapper [Murs](/source/Murs_(rapper))
- "Melancholy", a 2024 song by Swallow the Sun from the album *[Shining](/source/Shining_(Swallow_the_Sun_album))*
- "Melancholy", a 2009 song by Timothy B. Schmit from the album *[Expando](/source/Expando)*

## See also

- [Melancholia (disambiguation)](/source/Melancholia_(disambiguation))
- [La Malinconia (disambiguation)](/source/La_Malinconia_(disambiguation))

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