For Dvorak, a Dumka inspired a rhapsodic, even dreamlike exploration of a fleeting mood.

NPR: Family Affair, and Dvorak's Invited

Finding rhapsodic melodrama in high art, Akerman pulls Mozart out of the opera house and into the bedroom for an arch a-cappella duet for separated lovers.

NEWYORKER: The Captive

Joss himself figures only in the minds of these people, except in one rhapsodic trumpet-playing section, where we see him in essence male and female stripped away melting into his music.

ECONOMIST: Musical crossovers

America's collective intrigue with boeuf bourguignon can be nearly single-handedly credited to the food legend whose 1961 tome "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" held rhapsodic praise for the stew that she encountered when living in France.

WSJ: Where's the Best Boeuf?

Though his vocal parts sometimes meandered, Mr. Previn's orchestral writing was smart and evocative, encompassing hints of Benjamin Britten and touches of jazz, like the sinuous saxophone riffs that color the rhapsodic, earthy relationship of Stella and Stanley.

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