Rhapsody is a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 music television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 from 1958 to 1959.

Premise

This series featured three to four staged sequences of music and dance, led by Ivan Romanoff

Ivan Romanoff

Ivan Romanoff was a Canadian conductor, violinist, arranger, and composer. For three decades he led the "Ivan Romanoff Orchestra and Chorus" on a variety of radio and television programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on commercial recordings, and in live concerts throughout North...

's orchestra.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast in the first season on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 22 July to 28 October 1958. The second season aired on Sunday evenings from 28 June to 27 September 1959 at 7:30 p.m. except the final two episodes which were rescheduled to 10:00 p.m.