"The Clock Shop"

"The Clock Shop" is a popular orchestral piece written by the German composer Arthur Ault (1850-1893).

Since this piece of music came out, it has been deeply loved by people because of its lively,

melody and realistic music image.

Together with the two songs "Blacksmith in the Forest" and "Forest Waterwheel", it is known as "the three most popular songs". realistic music."

The music adopts plastic expression techniques.

At the beginning, it played a sound that imitated the sound of a door opening.

Then, the music played to imitate various clocks such as wall clocks, alarm clocks, pocket watches, etc. in a watch shop. Regular ticking and clicking sounds.

A few whistles sounded from time to time,

reminiscent of a leisurely watchmaker cleaning the shop while whistling.

Then there was a sound that imitated the unwinding of the spring and the sound of the watchmaker winding it up,

the clock continued to move. Then,

the music also featured a Scottish folk song melody played by a music box.

Finally, the atmosphere was warm,

The music ended with the sound of various clocks striking four o'clock at the same time.