a word for someone who loves music

[alpacinou]

Hello to all,

Is there a word or an idiom for a person who really loves music listens to various styles of it?

For example, a person who loves cinema is called a movie buff.

I am looking for a colorful and interesting sentence I can use instead of this:

My friend Joe really loves music.

This is for speaking. You may ask why "loves music" does not work for me.

I always would like to find creative and different ways of expressing ideas and feelings and situations.
I also love using idioms.

 

[alpacinou]

Also, is it correct to say this? :

Listening to music really peps me up.

 

[Tarheel]

Also, is it correct to say this? :

Listening to music really peps me up.

Yes, you can say that. Also, in response to the other question, you could use music lover, but I guess you're looking for something more creative.

 

[Glizdka]

Not a teacher
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I like the word melomaniac, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

 

[GoesStation]

Not a teacher
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I like the word melomaniac, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

Don't use that. Nobody knows what it means.

 

[alpacinou]

Don't use that. Nobody knows what it means.

Is it unusual?

 

[GoesStation]

I like the word melomaniac, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

Don't use that. Nobody knows what it means.

Is it unusual?

I had never seen it before Glizdka first posted it here.

 

[Rover_KE]

Neither had I, though it's a real word. [link]

Collins says it's British usage, but I'm British and I've been a music lover for seven decades and it's a new one on me.

 

[alpacinou]

So, is there no idiom that can be used here?

 

[jutfrank]

For example, a person who loves cinema is called a movie buff.

I'm going to be pedantic and pretentious now.

Someone who consumes a lot of films may be called a film buff or movie buff. While I'm being pretentious, I'll say that I don't like the American word movie although it is very commonly used. For me, it has connotations of Hollywood. I suggest you use the more international word film.

Somebody who has a serious interest in and love of cinema as an art form may be called a cinephile.

As for someone who loves music, I think music lover is the best word. I'd never heard the word melomaniac.

 

[alpacinou]

But there must be a creative and interesting way of saying a person loves music.

 

[jutfrank]

What do you mean by 'creative and interesting'?

By 'creative', do you mean 'novel'? Are you asking for a way that nobody has ever used before? The thing about language is that you can be infinitely creative with it.

Whether something is interesting is really subjective. I don't think you actually mean that here.

 

[emsr2d2]

But there must be a creative and interesting way of saying a person loves music.

Why must there be one? Do you think we have a list of "creative and interesting ways of saying" everything? Of course we don't.

I'd never heard of melomaniac until this thread either. In fact, if someone said it to me, I would probably think I'd misheard/they'd mispronounced "megalomaniac"! My only suggestion uses a word that's already been mentioned - music buff. My friend's boyfriend is frequently described as such because he knows a lot about all sorts of music and he's really useful at a pub quiz!

 

[jutfrank]

We use a loanword from Spanish—aficionado.

Perhaps you could look it up and find some examples of use to see how closely it fits what you want to say.