Rhapsody
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In art and literature, rhapsody may mean:
- Rhapsody (music), an enthusiastic instrumental composition of indefinite form
- Epic poem, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation at one time, such as a book of Homer's Odyssey
Rhapsody may also refer to:
[edit] Computer software
- Rhapsody (online music service)
- Rhapsody (mp3 player)
- Rhapsody (operating system), the code name for the Apple Macintosh operating system that eventually evolved into Mac OS X
- Rhapsody (IRC client), a text-mode IRC client
- Telelogic Rhapsody, a cross platform UML modeling tool for developing real time and embedded applications.
[edit] Popular culture
- Rhapsody (film), a 1954 film by Charles Vidor
- Rhapsody (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Rhapsody of Fire (formerly "Rhapsody"), an Italian symphonic power metal band.
- Rhapsody (girl group), an Australian female duo
- Rhapsody (The Symphony of Ages), a character in Elizabeth Haydon's fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages
[edit] Use in phrasings
- Rhapsody in Blue, a musical composition by George Gershwin
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (2000), a computer role-playing game for the PlayStation console
- Rhapsody: Child of Blood (1999), the first novel in Elizabeth Haydon's fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages
- "Bohemian Rhapsody", a song written by Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43 (1934) for piano and orchestra, by Sergei Rachmaninoff