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REVIEW: OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Sementetie cium 
Clemenii’s Introduction (fifth edition) to the 
Art of Playing on the Piano-ferte. 103.64. 
5 AVING. in a former, number en- 
tered into the merits of this useful 
work, it only reinains for us to say, 
that the present edition possesses ad~ 
ditional claims to the notice of young 
practitioners ;. that the national airs now 
introduced are given in the best style 
and most correct fingering, and that the 
new exercises are most judiciously con- 
structed for the, advancement, of the 
unpractised fingers ’ 
Appendix to the Fifth Edition of Clementi's Intros 
duction to the Ari of playing on the Piano-forte, 
arranged and fingered by M, Clements, esq. 
Ilis, 
The preiudes, exercises, national airs, 
and variations, together, with the ether 
pleasing and instructive pieces, forining 
the present Appendia to Clement's lie 
genious and valuable “Introduction to 
the Art of Piang-forte Performance,” 
offer to the juvenile student a body 
of practical lessons, from which, if pro- 
perly attended to, he cannot. but derive 
rapid and considerable improvement. 
The fingering, the first object with those 
wha would acquire a graceful and facile 
execution, is strikingly accurate; and 
it is bat just to Say that where it/varie 
from the yeneral mode, it 1s by its supe- 
rhority, ¢ 
‘ A Ground, with Variationz, foribe improvement 
of Young Performers on ibe Picno-forie, by T, 
Cooke. af. * , 
_To.this Ground, to which Mr. Cooke 
has appended fifty-seven variations, is 
prefixed a view of the piana-forte key- 
board, including the additional keys, 
The Ground consists of the descending 
notes of the octave, taken in C; and 
the variations possess the merit of. pro- 
ceeding by a nicely graduated scale of 
difficulty, from the most simple, to a 
somewhat elaborate execution; and ‘can- 
not but greatly serve its evident object, 
that of juvenile improvement. 
Grand Sonata for the Piano-forte, with an Accom- 
paniment for the Violin, (ad lib.) dedicated to 
Mr. Woelfl, by F. Kiorilo. 55. 
' Thongh, in our opinion, the piece 
before us. is not calculated to delight 
the general, or uncultivated, ear, vet jus- 
tice demands that we speak of it in 
high terms of approbation. If its style 
is not open and florid, it is well-studied 
aud scientific; and if we cannot allow 
it the praise of glowing and striking 
passages, neither can we deny that the 
ideas are sterling and well-connected, 
and that the veal master is ‘evident ii 
every movement. 
Favourite Airs and Duos, in the serious Opera 
of Zaira, as performed wich unbounded applause 
at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket. Arranged 
Sor the Piano-forte or Harp, by Felice Rauia 
cati, esq. Tos. 6a. ; 
These airs with the merits of which 
the public ‘are so well acquainted, av 
arranved with taste and judgment. ‘The 
accompaniment is given with, every at- 
tention to the best possible effect, and 
the text is a’ accurate in its pointing s 
a3 the style of the adaptation is elegant 
and masterly, : ‘ 
A favourite Military Divertimento for the Pigno~ 
Jorte, with an Accompaniment. for the Ftute. 
Composed and dedicated to ~Laily Obarlotte 
Hood, by Osmond Sagery.. 28.6d. ia 
Tae martial and familiar cast of thig 
composition will not fail to please the 
lovers of light, but striking, composition. 
Many of the thoughts are novel, and 
the general cffect bespeaks a taste and 
a genius capable of higher eforts. 
© Sweet Home; .a Polecca,. introduced in the 
Opera of the Casile of Andalusiic, by Mr. 
 Brabam. Composed by’ T. Costes bide he 
“Sweet Home” is an air with the 
merit of which the ‘musical world are 
well acquainted’ Of ‘its intraduction 
into the above justly-admired Gpera, anit 
the style in which it is here offered ta 
the public, we gannot but approve. In 
the Castle of Andalusia, it was pare 
ticularly appropriate, and ‘is here tasté- 
fully ornamented, aud judiciously ace 
companied. Pe 
“ My Nannie 0; @ favourite Scots Ballad, 
by Burns, Sung, by Mr. Broadbiurst, at 
Sadler's Wells, inthe Pantomime of Luice Dos 
mun. Composed by WW. Reeve. 13, 6d. 
Mr. Reeve has hit, off this tittle ballad 
with considerable felicity. © The style 
is truly Scotch; and so appropriate ta 
the cast and sentiment of the poetry, 
as to be as interesting a8 itis pure aid 
sipple. + ws 
The American Rondo. Composed and arranged 
Jor the Piano-forte, by Mr, Halst. 25,0 
Tie introduction to this piece is ana- 
logous ad ingenious; and the subject 
of the Rondo is pleasing, though not 
strikingly novel. Of the force, or pis 
guante style, of the passages we cannot 
sa say 
