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), later rebranded Napster, 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
  • Rhapsody (modeling), a UML and SysML software tool from IBM 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
  • Rhapsody: Child of Blood (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", a storyline in the science fiction comedy webtoon series Live with Yourself!
  • 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)
  • American Rhapsody (disambiguation)
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (disambiguation)
  • Rhapsody in Blue (disambiguation)