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The severed ear of Van Gogh.

A letter from Dr. Rey who treated van Gogh in 1888, recently discovered, specifies that Van Gogh's ear was cut off in its entirety and not just the ear lobe. (...)
Your preference for consonant music is not inborn but depends on your cultural environment

A new study on an isolated tribe in the Amazon, the Tsimane, highlights the characteristics of Western music based on the consonance experienced as pleasant and dissonance experienced as unpleasant, are not innate. (...)
My health first, the singer Chaka Khan cancels her summer tour to enter rehab

Addicted to "anti-pain drugs," the singer Chaka Khan has expressed through the "Associated Press" indicating that she was dependent on the same drugs that led to the death of Prince. (...)
Joe Perry, Aerosmith guitarist suffered a heart attack on stage

Joe Perry, Aerosmith guitarist suffered a heart attack on stage during a concert July 10, 2016 in New York. (...)
When the music is good for health, Mozart, Strauss rather than ABBA

If the music of Mozart and Strauss is an important way to lower blood pressure and heart rate, this effect is not found in the music of ABBA. The maximum effect was found for the Symphony No. 40 in G minor (KV 550) (...)
Pulmonary embolism in artists, Muriel Robin, Frida Kahlo, Paula Becker

Nothing to do with the stroke of fatigue that had been announced. I made a pulmonary embolism, has said Muriel Robin. (...)
Some works of the artist Damien Hirst expose the public to toxic fumes

About 850 liters of formalin injected with long needles in certain works of Damien Hirst (...)
Emmanuel Krivine: Destinies of conductors: How one becomes a conductor after accident

The fate of some conductors is remarkable, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Leon Fleisher, Emmanuel Krivine, virtuoso instrumentalists, become conductors after serious injuries or disorders of the hand. (...)