English

Noun

1. a rhapsode.
2. One who rhapsodizes.

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:

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 (scorewriter), a music notation program
• Rhapsody (IRC client), a text-mode IRC client

Contemporary entertainment

• Rhapsody (1954 film), based on the novel Maurice Guest and directed by Charles Vidor
• Rhapsody (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Rhapsody (girl group), an Australian female duo
• Rhapsody of Fire (formerly "Rhapsody"), an Italian symphonic power metal band
• Rhapsody (2008 film), based on Sergei Rachmaninoff, directed by Bruce Beresford

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
  • Rhapsody (The Symphony of Ages), the main character
• Bohemian Rhapsody, a song written by Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by the band Queen
• Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43'' (1934) for piano and orchestra, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Telelogic Rhapsody, a UML software tool

Don Quixote, Meistersinger, Parnassian, Quixote, addict, arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, bard, beat poet, bucoliast, bug, collector, daydreamer, demon, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, eager beaver, elegist, energumen, enthusiast, epic poet, escapist, faddist, fanatic, fiend, fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, freak, gleeman, great one for, hobbyist, hound, idealist, idyllist, imagist, infatuate, jongleur, laureate, librettist, lotus-eater, major poet, maker, minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel, modernist, nut, occasional poet, odist, pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress, prophet, pursuer, rhapsode, romancer, romantic, romanticist, satirist, scop, seer, serenader, skald, sonneteer, street singer, strolling minstrel, sucker for, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur, trovatore, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, vers libriste, vers-librist, visionary, wait, wandering minstrel, wishful thinker, zealot