Rhapsody
Encyclopedia
Rhapsody may refer to:
- Rhapsody (music)Rhapsody (music)A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality. An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation make it freer in form than a set of variations...
, an enthusiastic instrumental composition of indefinite form - A work of epic poetryEpic poetryAn epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form...
, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation(singing) at one time- RhapsodeRhapsodeA rhapsode or, in modern usage, rhapsodist, refers to a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry in the fifth and fourth centuries BC . Rhapsodes notably performed the epics of Homer but also the wisdom and catalogue poetry of Hesiod and the satires of Archilochus and others...
, a classical Greek professional singing performer of epic poetry
- Rhapsode
Computer software
- Rhapsody (online music service)Rhapsody (online music service)Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...
- Rhapsody (operating system), the code name for the Apple Macintosh operating system that eventually evolved into Mac OS X
- Rhapsody (scorewriter), a music notation program
- IBM Rational Rhapsody, a UML and SysML software tool for developing embedded and real-time systems
Music
- Rhapsody of FireRhapsody of FireRhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
(formerly Rhapsody), an Italian symphonic power metal band - Rhapsody (girl group)Rhapsody (girl group)Rhapsody were an Australian female duo of Kymberlie Harrison and Cathy Ford who had a minor hit in the early 1990s called "Cowboy Lover" on BMG Records....
, an Australian female duo - Rhapsody (Ben E. King album)
- Rhapsody (Mr. Mike album)Rhapsody (Mr. Mike album)Rhapsody is the second album by Mr. Mike, released on September 7, 1999 through Priority Records. The album was mainly produced by Mr. Mike and Battlecat, though Fredwreck produced "How Tha South Was Won".-Background:...
, 1999 - Rhapsody (Osborne)Rhapsody (Osborne)Rhapsody by Willson Osborne is a piece originally composed for solo bassoon and later adapted for clarinet. The composition was first published by Peters in 1958. It is the most frequently performed work in the solo bassoon repertoire....
, a composition by Willson Osborne - "Bohemian RhapsodyBohemian Rhapsody"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera...
", a 1975 song written by Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by the band Queen - "Rhapsody in BlueRhapsody in BlueRhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects....
", a musical composition by George Gershwin - "Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniRhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniThe Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op. 43 is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It is written for solo piano and symphony orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto. The work was written at Villa Senar, according to the score, from July 3 to August 18, 1934...
op. 43" (1934), for piano and orchestra, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Other culture
- Rhapsody (1954 film), based on the novel Maurice Guest and directed by Charles Vidor
- Rhapsody (comics)Rhapsody (comics)Rhapsody is a fictional character, a mutant supervillainess in the Marvel Comics universe. She first appeared in X-Factor #79.-Fictional character biography:...
, a Marvel Comics character - Rhapsody: Child of BloodRhapsody: Child of BloodRhapsody: Child of Blood is the first book in The Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon, and was first published in 1999 by Tor Books. The story is continued in Prophecy: Child of Earth-Plot summary:...
(1999), the first novel in Elizabeth Haydon's fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages- Rhapsody (The Symphony of Ages), the main character
- Rhapsody: A Musical AdventureRhapsody: A Musical AdventureRhapsody: A Musical Adventure, released in Japan as is a console role-playing game for the PlayStation from Atlus USA and Nippon Ichi Software, the creators of Disgaea, and is part of the Marl Kingdom series....
, a 1998 console role-playing game for the PlayStation and Nintendo DS video game systems - Rhapsody, an annual student fest of Medical College KolkataMedical College KolkataMedical College,Kolkata was established 1835 as Medical College, Bengal in Kolkata, India as the first college of European medicine in Asia...
- Rhapsody (TV series)Rhapsody (TV series)Rhapsody is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1959.-Premise:This series featured three to four staged sequences of music and dance, led by Ivan Romanoff's orchestra.-Scheduling:...
, a Canadian music television series