Melancholy

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 (Munch), an 1891–1893 series of paintings by Edvard Munch
• Melancholy (Hayez), an 1840-1841 painting by Francesco Hayez

Music

• Melancholy (Cecil Taylor album), a 1999 live free jazz album by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble
• Melancholy (Shadow of Intent album), a 2019 album
• "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 2024 song by Swallow the Sun from the album Shining
• "Melancholy", a 2009 song by Timothy B. Schmit from the album Expando

See also

• Melancholia (disambiguation)
• La Malinconia (disambiguation)