Music
- Merlin is an opera composed by Karl Goldmark that premiered in 1886.
- Merlin is also an opera by Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz completed in 1902 but not premiered until 2004.
- A fictionalized version of Merlin appears in Ayreon's first album, The Final Experiment.
- Merlin is played by Bob Catley of Magnum on the rock operas Once and Future King Part I and Once and Future King Part II, composed by Gary Hughes of Ten.
- On Rick Wakeman's 1975 album The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the fourth track is entitled "Merlin, the Magician"
- "Merlin; Bard of the Unseen" is a progressive rock concept album about Merlin's life by Kayak.
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