Informationen zu "Tony Osborne Harrison's Clocks Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM514
EAN: 9790570455140
ISMN: M-57045-514-0
Beschreibung
John Harrison, 1693-1776, was a pioneer in the development of Clock making.
His achievements include the Grandfather, or Longcase clock, the Iron Grid
Pendulum and solving the problem of Longitude and time- zones to perfect the
Marine Chronometer. His path was not always easy and it took great effort and
tenacity to receive due recognition at age of 80 from King George 3rd. The
bass quartet reflects the shifting consciousness of different aspects of time
as it impacts on human life and Harrison's relationship with it. It opens
mysteriously, depicting the timelessness of the Universe and natural rhythms
of creation and nature and then reflects a more human awareness of this
nebulous quality of time and shifting to a need for some definition to meet
human needs. A gentle Latin-American song and dance rhythm heralds the
formation of a more orderly expectation. This develops into a more turbulent
and unsettled episode portraying the great lengths to which Harrison went to
perfect his designs to overcome the management of world time differences.
Eventually his Marine Chronometer was put to the test on the high seas by his
son William and no less than Captain Cook! The mood finally becomes more
settled and celebratory, in reflection of Harrison's eventual recognition by
the King, and matching wealth.
