The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today ...

During the past few weeks I’ve been listening to “Sleep,” by the contemporary British composer and musician Max Richter. The wordless composition, which is scored for piano, strings, voice, and ...

This Japanese composer was a master of ambient music, with several landmark releases in the genre to his name. Flora, though, didn’t come out until three years after his death, despite being recorded ...

“There is overwhelming literature showing that music can help us get to sleep, and it gives us better self-reported sleep quality,” says clinical psychologist and sleep researcher Dr Michelle Olaithe.