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The Westminster Quarters were originally written in 1793 for a new clock in Great St Mary's, the University Church in Cambridge. There is some doubt over exactly who composed it: Joseph Jowett , Regius Professor of Civil Law , was given the job, but he was probably assisted by either John Randall (1715–1799), who was the Professor of Music ...
The midi file cannot be downloaded from the article page at all. T.E. Goodwin 08:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Works for me. HairyWombat 04:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC) The article states they're in E, which is correct, but the MIDI file plays in another key. It ought to be consistent, or have an explanation as to why it is not.
Quarter bells are the bells that the clock mechanism strikes on each passing quarter of the hour. Often, as in the case of Big Ben , a different tune is played for each quarter. This enables people to be able to tell the time, without actually having to be within sight of the clock face.
Some churches have a clock chime which uses a turret clock to broadcast the time by striking the hours and sometimes the quarters. A well-known musical striking pattern is the Westminster Quarters. This is only done when the bells are stationary, and the clock mechanism actuates hammers striking on the outside of the sound-bows of the bells.
Whittington is usually the secondary chime selection for most chiming clocks, the first being the Westminster. It is also one of two clock chime melodies with multiple variations, the other being the Ave Maria chimes. Before the name Whittington became common, the melody used to be referred to as “chimes on eight bells”. [2]
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In Indonesia, most railways stations used full-hour segment of Westminster Quarters as its train melody. [14] Upon arrival of a train, the chimes will be looped continuously until it departs from the station. Few stations are exceptions, with local folk songs acting as the train melody, mostly a kroncong song.
The Elizabeth Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, commonly referred to as Big Ben, is a famous striking clock. A striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today, the clock strikes once at 1:00 am, twice at 2:00 am ...