Something new I’m trying. As you probably know, the title of the strip, Rhapsodies, is referring to Rhapsody: “a musical composition of irregular form having an improvisatory character.” I like that definition. It was a definition I could turn into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In today’s Rhapsody we demonstrate that the Rhapsody is not limited to classical music, and what better place to start then with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Oh Freddy, we hardly knew ye.
Okay this week it’s back to basics with Franz Liszt and his Hungarian Rhapsody # 10
For this week’s rhapsody we have Franz Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody. Yes, yes, I know, we did Liszt last week but this time we have something special, Harpo Marx! I frequently have extremely mixed feelings about the musical numbers in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today something a little different. The mad scene from Donizetti’s opera Lucia di Lammermoor. Okay, technically not a rhapsody, but it’s rhapsodic in form, so it counts.
Today’s Rhapsody is Ton?i Hulji?‘s performed by Maksim Mrvica. I’m embarrassed to say I only heard of this one, as well as the performer until after I started researching more obscure rhapsodies but I really like it.
Okay for today’s listening pleasure. Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane (rhapsodie de concert) as performed by Henryk Szeryng.
Okay this one’s a bit of a stretch, but I have seen it defined it as such, and since I like to throw pop examples into the mix it’ll do. So this week’s Rhapsody is Scene’s from an Italian Restaurant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And we’re back! today’s selection is Duke Ellington’s Creole Rhapsody
Since it is the season, today’s Rhapsody is Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka, Midsummer Vigil) by the Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén. More commonly called the Swedish Rhapsody (even though he wrote three of them.) It’s a nice little whimsical one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
