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The Italian progressive rock scene was born in the early 1970s, mostly inspired by the ''progressive'' movement in Britain, but with certain features of its own that makes some sources mention it as a separate musical genre. In the early-to-mid-1970s, Italy was one of the European countries most interested in this genre; many English bands such as Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant were discovered by the Italian public before they had consolidated a fan base in their home country. Consequently, progressive Italian groups were prolific. Some received worldwide attention, such as Goblin, Le Orme, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Area, and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. Most of the bands, however, were mainly known inside Italy. As CD reissues started appearing and the Internet made information flow easier during the 1990s, the Italian bands were discovered and rediscovered by a number of progressive rock fans internationally. Reissues proved so successful that several recordings which were never released at the time received their first pressings on CD in the 1990s and 2000s (decade). The "discovery" of Italian progressive rock by foreign fans also led to bands such as Celeste being re-evaluated as core bands, despite the fact that they were virtually unknown in Italy at the time. The 1990s also saw a resurgence in bands performing progressive rock. The first of the well known bands to do so was Ezra Winston, but other groups such as Nuova Era, Finisterre, Deus Ex Machina, Delirio Sonoro and Moongarden soon established themselves as well respected progressive rock acts. More recently La Torre dell'Alchimista, Höstsonaten and La Maschera di Cera have carried on the Italian progressive rock tradition, sporting a very 1970's style. ==The Anglo-Saxon models== Progressive rock is conventionally given birth in England, after a long gestation period that goes back to the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), with the publication in 1969 of the album In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson. Italy was affected by the so-called British invasion, and progressive bands borrowed nearly all the styles of British symphonic rock: long tracks and structured (suites), themed album (concept albums), sophisticated and demanding texts with frequent references to mythology, philosophy and fantasy, contamination with classical music and great emphasis on keyboards (ranging from Hammond organ to harpsichord and from Mellotron to Moog synthesizers) solutions complex rhythms, baroque arrangements, covers the artistic value. Among the main English groups can be inspirational quote primarily Genesis, authors of a very successful tour across the peninsula in April and August 1972, which drew on the majority of the groups melodic, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, the Nice, cited by groups focusing on keyboards, Gentle Giant for mixtures of sounds and reeds, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, their dark shades, and Jethro Tull with their folk atmospheres and scores based on the flute. Deep Purple were important references for the groups sounding harsher. The first post-beat groups were also affected by less well-known groups such as Quatermass and the Colosseum. You can find references also to Vanilla Fudge, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Finally, this is the widespread influence of the bands of the scene of Canterbury, especially the Soft Machine, Gong and Caravan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italian progressive rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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