Art and literature

• In music, a rhapsody is an enthusiastic instrumental composition of indefinite form.

• In poetry, a rhapsody is an epic poem, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation at one time, such as a book of Homer's Odyssey.

• Generally, a rhapsody is an effusion, such as a speech, letter, or poem, that is composed under excitement and is without connected thought or sound argument.

Proper name

• Rhapsody is a service that provides music on the Internet.

• For the Apple Macintosh, Rhapsody was the code name for an operating system based on OpenStep that eventually evolved into Mac OS X.

• Rhapsody is an Italian power metal band with classical influences.

• Rhapsody is a movie produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Elizabeth Taylor.

• Rhapsody is a UML design tool produced by I-Logix.