Celebrated what a melody is (5)

I believe the answer is:

noted

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'celebrated' is the definition.
(I know that celebrated can be written as noted)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for noted that I've seen before include "prominent" , "Scores like this" , "Wrote it down" , "Indicated" , "Remarked - famous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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