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MELOPOEIA

[noun]

the art of composing melodies; composition of music.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek μελοποιΐα (melopoiïa), from μελοποιός (melopoios, “song-maker, lyric poet”), from μελο- (melo-, “music”) + ποιεῖν (poiein, “to make”) + -ία (-ia, a suffix to form abstract nouns).

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Agostino Arrivabene

no title. 2013 

oil gold leaf on wood . cm 47 x 35 

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