Originally Posted by Zeo
The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work which exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions.
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Yes, it does today. Originally it meant drama set to music, as a portmanteau of MELODY and DRAMA.
From the exact same Wikipedia article you copy/pasted from:
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Beginning in the 18th century, melodrama was a technique of combining spoken recitation with short pieces of accompanying music.
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Next time, read the whole article, genius.
My point, that you seem to have missed, is that although MIDI literally refers to the means of creating music, it has come to mean music (to paraphrase the esteemed Mr. Stewart) "played using a shitty built-in computer soundset" due to its association with MIDI files. Just as the meaning of melodrama changed, so has the meaning of MIDI. The evolution of language, my friends.