Rhapsody

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Rhapsody or variant may refer to:

• A work of epic poetry, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation at one time
  • Rhapsode, a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry

Computer software

• Rhapsody (online music service), an online music store subscription service
• Rhapsody (operating system), the code name for the Apple Macintosh operating system that eventually evolved into Mac OS X
• IBM Rational Rhapsody, a UML and SysML software tool for developing embedded and real-time systems

Music

• Rhapsody (music), an episodic instrumental composition of indefinite form
  • Hungarian Rhapsodies, a set of compositions for piano by Franz Liszt
  • Romanian Rhapsodies, composed by George Enescu, have long held a permanent place in the repertory of every major orchestra
  • "Rhapsody in Blue", a musical composition by George Gershwin
  • "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43" (1934), for piano and orchestra, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • Rhapsody (Ashton), a ballet by Frederick Ashton based on the Rachmaninoff composition
  • Rhapsody (Osborne), a composition by Willson Osborne
  • American Rhapsody, (1955) a composition for free bass accordion or piano by John Serry Sr.
• Rhapsody of Fire (formerly Rhapsody), an Italian symphonic power metal band
  • Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, a project split off from Rhapsody of Fire
• Rhapsody (girl group), an Australian female duo
• Rhapsody (Ahmad Jamal album), 1966
• Rhapsody (Ben E. King album), Ben E. King's eleventh album and tenth studio album, and his third record with Atlantic Records
• Rhapsody (Mr. Mike album), 1999
• Rhapsody (online music service), a digital music streaming and download service
• "Bohemian Rhapsody", a 1975 rock song written by Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by the band Queen
• "I Hear a Rhapsody", a 1941 jazz standard written by George Fragos, Jack Baker and Dick Gasparre
• Rapsody (Marlanna Evans) U.S. rapper
• "Rapsodies", a 1986 album by Vangelis and Irene Papas
• Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (Brahms), a solo piano piece
• Rapsodia Nusantara , a series of virtuosic rhapsodies for piano solo based on folk tunes of Indonesia by Ananda Sukarlan
• Rhapsodies (album), a 1979 album by British rock keyboardist Rick Wakeman

Other culture

• Rhapsody (film), a 1954 film based on the novel Maurice Guest and directed by Charles Vidor
• Rhapsody (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Rhapsody: Child of Blood (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 Adventure, a 1998 console role-playing game for the PlayStation and Nintendo DS video game systems
• Rhapsody (TV series), a Canadian music television series
• Rhapsody (magazine), one of United Airlines' inflight magazines.
• Rhapsody, one of the pilots of the Angel Interceptors in Captain Scarlet

Other uses

• MS Rhapsody of the Seas, a Vision Class cruise ship for Royal Caribbean International
• MS Golden Iris, a cruise ship formerly owned by MSC Cruises as MS Rhapsody
• Rapsodie, experimental nuclear reactor in France
• RAPSODEE, a laboratory at one of France's Grand Ecoles, École des mines d'Albi-Carmaux
• Rhapsody, an annual student fest of Medical College Kolkata

See also

• Rhapsodies (disambiguation)