Rhapsody Explained

Rhapsody may refer to:

Ancient Greece

• 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
• 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

• Rhapsody (Ashton), a ballet by Frederick Ashton based on a Rachmaninoff rhapsody
• Rhapsody (John Ireland), a 1915 piano composition by John Ireland
• Rhapsody (operetta), an operetta by Fritz Kreisler (music) and John La Touche (lyrics)
• Rhapsody (Osborne), a composition by Willson Osborne
• Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (Brahms), a solo piano piece
• Rhapsody (online music service), a digital music streaming and download service
• "Rhapsody", a 1988 song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from Peepshow

Performers

• Rhapsody (girl group), an Australian female duo
• Rhapsody of Fire (formerly Rhapsody), an Italian metal band
  • Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, a project split off from Rhapsody of Fire
  • Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
• Rapsody (Marlanna Evans), American rapper

Albums

• Rhapsody (Ahmad Jamal album), 1966
• Rhapsody (Ben E. King album), 1976
• Rhapsody (Mr. Mike album), 1999
• Rhapsodies (album), by Rick Wakeman, 1979
• Rapsodies, by Vangelis and Irene Papas, 1986
• Rhapsody, by Bonnie Bianco, 1987

Other culture

• Rhapsody (film), a 1954 film based on the novel Maurice Guest and directed by Charles Vidor
• Rhapsody (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• (1999), the first novel in Elizabeth Haydon's fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages
• Rhapsody (video game series), a video game series
• 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
• Rhapsodiae, a body of work ascribed to the legendary musician and prophet Orpheus

Other uses

• Rhapsody (climb), a traditional climbing route on Dumbarton Rock in Scotland
• 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

• Rapsodia (disambiguation)