Music

"If you hear the clock strike at night and wonder what time it is, by the time you've read eleven or twelve, your sleep will be gone. Especially in Italy, where it's twenty-four o'clock! This waste of time could be avoided if the clock only struck four. We know approximately what time it is anyway. The four beats could be this: This would be repeated six times a day: 1-4, 5-8 etc. One beat would tell us what time it is. (1914.)"