A Mellotron-Shaped Grave: Deconstructing the Death of Progressive Rock by Mattia Merlini

“…The ‘traditional’ historiography of rock points to the emergence of punk as the moment at which prog was killed, but a deeper analysis can demonstrate how progressive music did not die at all, if we are willing to leave behind the reductive and stereotypical idea of prog as a merely British and “symphonic” phenomenon. …”
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The effects of music relaxation and muscle relaxation techniques on sleep quality and emotional measures among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder by Iris Haimov, Ilana Kremer, Monica Blanaru, Boaz Bloch, Limor Vadas, Naomi Ziv, Zahi Arnon

“…Thus, the present study had three aims: first, to compare the efficiency of two relaxation techniques (muscular relaxation and progressive music relaxation) in alleviating insomnia among individuals with PTSD using both objective and subjective measures of sleep quality; second, to examine whether these two techniques have different effects on psychological indicators of PTSD, such as depression and anxiety; and finally, to examine how initial PTSD symptom severity and baseline emotional measures are related to the efficiency of these two relaxation methods. …”

Value basics of musical enlightenment (on the example of Eastern Galicia in the first half of the 20th century) by Iryna Bermes

“…Their participants were amateurs, the most active forces of the area that supported the traditions of Ukrainian national identity and cultural progress. Musical educational movement concentrated in choirs, orchestras, theater circles at various community organizations, each of which occupies a niche in the cultural space of Eastern Galicia.…”
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Dos aspectos poco discutidos en la percepción de progresiones armónicas by Ivan Jimenez

“…Keywords: chord progressions, musical memory, musical perception, music pedagogy …”
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