Both Uses of
rhapsody
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- I affirm that he shared the general beatitude, and that, quite the reverse of La Fontaine, who, at the presentation of his comedy of the "Florentine," asked, "Who is the ill-bred lout who made that rhapsody?"†
Chpt 1.1.3 *
- We may still have from time to time, under the reign of printing, a column made I suppose, by a whole army from melted cannon, as we had under the reign of architecture, Iliads and Romanceros, Mahabâhrata, and Nibelungen Lieds, made by a whole people, with rhapsodies piled up and melted together.†
Chpt 1.5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(rhapsody as in: Rhapsody in Blue) music: an instrumental composition in one movement -- typically expressing strong emotion
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, rhapsody can reference sentences said or written with great enthusiasm (the noun form of rhapsodize). Even more rarely, rhapsody can reference an ancient Greek epic poem adapted for recitation.