The Briscoe Center proudly presents American Rhapsody, a podcast that focuses on those who have witnessed the nation’s history firsthand, creating archives in the process, and those who use those collections and others at the center to tell the American story.
The name American Rhapsody was chosen to convey the sense of beauty, chaos and unity that characterizes the nation’s past. Musically speaking, a rhapsody is an irregular composition of epic proportions, a song that manages to remain one movement despite its many twists, turns and improvisations. Perhaps the best-known example of a rhapsody is Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, written and first recorded in 1924. Sections of the composition are used throughout the center’s podcast.
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