1832.] Review of Music. 



between the harmonies and the words this is what vocal music ought to be, 

 and Mr. Barnett considers this point more than any other composer in England 

 and to make it still a greater bijou, it is perfectly original. 



Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, were sung in the farce of Country Quarters. 2, is ano- 

 ther instance of sense in setting music to words you might almost gather the 

 sense of the poetry from hearing the music alone ; 2, is dashing and dramatic, 

 and the coda is very striking, but requires a better singer to give effect to it, than 

 Miss Taylor. 



3. Is a plaintive and well-planned melody, but not remarkable for originality; 

 indeed, we wonder the composer could have done any thing at all with such 

 stupid namby-pamby words. 



4. Is in the style of the song in The Legion of Honour, we mean as far as 

 the accompaniment of the side drum goes, which little Miss Poole uses very 

 cleverly, but the treatment of it is much more masterly and varied than the 

 other. Now even these are clap-trap things that we are not at all partial to, and 

 we exhort Mr. Barnett not to be persuaded again, either by author or manager, 

 to waste his time upon such trash as Country Quarters. The cry has been for 

 grand English operas ; let him produce one, for to him alone we look forward 

 for such a novelty. 



Three Italian Notturnos, with an accompaniment for the Piano-forte, by D. Crimlli. 



Cramer, Addison and Beale. 



WE feel great pleasure in recommending to our musical friends the above 

 work, as one which will delight them on account of the characteristic manner in 

 which it is constructed. Generally, this sort of composition has been considered 

 as one which ought only to consist of 3rds and 6ths ; but we find Mr. Crivelli 

 has departed from this routine in a great measure, giving more variety to the 

 parts. The chord at the beginning of the first notturno produces a very good 

 effect, particularly as it is unexpected : the tonic, or the 5th, being generally 

 what we are accustomed to hear as the opening chord of a composition, whether 

 vocal or instrumental. The melody is exceedingly well adapted to the words (a 

 great point, which many modern composers, we are sorry to say, disregard) ; the 

 accompaniment, too, is judiciously written, and not in the least complicated. 



FINE ARTS' EXHIBITION. 



BRITISH INSTITUTION. 



WITHOUT entering into any comparison between this and former exhibitions, 

 we may at once say there are enough pictures of superlative merit, to confer a 

 solid pleasure upon the most fastidious amateur who may visit the gallery this 

 season ; though more are to be found of second and third rate character, and 

 still more of positive repulsive qualities libels upon nature treason against 

 art. In spite of much clamour, usually raised by the disappointed and their 

 friends, respecting alleged partiality in the arrangement of the works sent for 

 exhibition, it appears to us, upon a careful survey of the contents of the gallery, 

 that the best pictures are hung in the best situations, with very few exceptions 

 and also, we are glad to observe, that the greater part of the first rate paintings 

 are distinguishable by a small slip of yellow paper on one corner of the frame, 

 marked with four most gratifying letters, spelling the word " sold." But, if 

 there must be second, third and fourth rate pictures, there are also as many 

 degrees of taste ; so that we will leave the greater proportion of these to the ad- 

 miration of the unwise in art, and proceed to enumerate those pictures which 

 have more particularly delighted us. 



No. 1. Portsmouth, from the King' s Bastion. Painted for the King. C.STAN- 

 FIELD. Though not a good subject for so good a painter, we are delighted with 

 the clear colouring, the vigorous pencilling, and general truth of atmospheric 

 effect. We were amused at hearing a self-elected arbiter elegantiarum, to whom 

 much deference seemed to' be paid by the keeper of the gallery, pass a sweeping 



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