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
Definition:
music: an instrumental composition in one movement -- typically expressing strong emotion