A dramatic performance consisting of spoken words with musical accompaniment or musical interludes; a recitation which is partly sung and partly spoken.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Moore (1779–1852), poet. From melo- + -logue, after melodrame, melodrama.
Definition of melologue in US English:
melologue
nounˈmɛlə(ʊ)lɒɡ
A dramatic performance consisting of spoken words with musical accompaniment or musical interludes; a recitation which is partly sung and partly spoken.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Moore (1779–1852), poet. From melo- + -logue, after melodrame, melodrama.