[ lG4 ] fSept. I, 



REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 



Ulcmrnts nf J\fuf:ic, in Verse ; adapfed to the 

 Piano-fuite, and calculated for juvenile 

 study. To which are added, a scries of 

 yogressire Lessons, and a favorite Duett ; 

 by John Kelly, ns. 

 rg'^HE woik befoifi us, without pre- 

 JL tending to the iiKiit of conveying 

 any ori<iin;il inforuiallon, founds itself 

 on tlic idea, or principle, that what is 

 presented to the juvenile mind ui the 

 garb of metre and rliinie, is more im- 

 pressive, and has a stroiig;cr hold upon 

 the memory tlian any prosaic precepts. 



The object of the author is laudable ; 

 and considering the cramped nature of 

 the task, imposed upon liimself, we must 

 say, that he has executed it with a to- 

 lerable degree of success. As a spe- 

 cimen of his dexterity in metrical mo- 

 dulation, and consonant terminations, 

 "we copy the first eight of his didactic 

 couplets: — 

 *' In music, the stave means five lines and 



foiu' spaces, 

 On which the notes stand in their regalar 



places ; 

 Each note from tlie alphabet borrows its 



name, 

 Which the first seven letters in order pro- 

 claim. 

 The cliffs are commanders, which point 



out the station 

 Of the notes, side by side, as they stand in 



rotation ; 

 Thus, the G cliff refers to the high notes, 



or tieble. 

 The lenor, or C cliff, keeps guard in the 



middle, 

 While the rear is brought up by (he F 



cliff, or bass ; 

 And when staves are united, 'tis done by 



a brace." 



Sucli snbsiitutes for rhimcs as t7ehle and 

 midd/c, placed atid raised, reiteration 

 and succession, betwixt and sixth, named 

 and obtained, increase and keys, and used 

 and introduced, are too venial in a work, 

 the object of which is similar to that of 

 the present, to be rigidly noticed. The 

 wrecepts are progressively and perspicu- 

 ously delivered ; and the pupil is carried 

 forward with that inviting facility that 

 at once wins and re-pays aflention. 

 The scales, preludes, and exercises, witii 

 which the book concludes, well illus- 

 trate the literal instructions ; but the 

 universal possession of Dr. Busby's Mu- 

 sical Dictionary, precludes the necessity 

 of bald and scanty definitions of a few 

 liacknied technicals; and we always feel 

 ofl'ended by the appearance of such pre- 

 tmded Lexicons. 



A Bacchanalian Cantata, for a bass voice, 

 composed and dedicated to his friend 

 Thiiiiius Palmer, esq.; by William Kit' 

 chlner, M.D. 



AVe find in the melody of this Cantafti 

 a simplicity and boldness which at once 

 j)oint out the ingenuity and the judg- 

 ment of the composer. The opening 

 passage is of a generous, energetic cast ; 

 and its immediate repetition in the re- 

 lative mijior, is judicious and cflecfive. 

 On the originality of the divisions we 

 will not insist; they arc, however, free 

 and spirited, and prepare as well for the 

 close to whidi they lead. The change 

 of tiic expression at the line " But since 

 riches cannot save," is peculiarly appro- 

 priate; and the return to the former 

 aninialion, at "Give me freely while I 

 live," forms as well-judged a transition. 

 I'he remainder of tlie song is in the same 

 good .style, and the aggregate effect is 

 gay and cxhilirating. 



" The Savoyard Boy ;" suns: by Muster fVil- 

 liams at Sadler's J Veils Theatre, in the 

 favorite BurUtta of " The Boarding' 

 School Miss." written by C. Dibdin, esq.; 

 composed by M ss M, Dibdin. Is. 6d. 

 We are glad to scv th(^ talents of the 

 Dibdins preserved in a new generation. 

 Miss D. the daughter, we presume, of 

 Mr. C. Dibdin, has evinced in the pre- 

 sent composition a liveliiiess of fancy, 

 and a nmtinity of judgment, honorable 

 to her genius, and demonstrative of her 

 industry. More than an ordinary degree 

 of originality, and a respectable portion -A 

 of scientific information, are shining ■• 

 feathers in the cap of a female composer; 

 and we congratulate this fair niusici- 

 ancss on the success with which she has 

 acquitted herself in a task, that many, 

 who call themselves masters, would not 

 have performed so well. 



Lessons in all the Major and Minor Keys, 

 fiirmuig the second part of J'ractica! In- 



strxictinns for the Piano-forte ; by T, 



Howell, of Bridol. 10s. f>d. 



The directorial preface to tliis inge- 

 nious and useful course of practical les- 

 sons Cfiutains many proper and neces- 

 sary remarks, and ought to be attentively 

 perused by the pupil before enterhig 

 upon the manual exercises. Those re- 

 marks, nevertheless, arc but of a general 

 nature, and by no means preclude the 

 necessity of consulting the directions 

 applied to each scale, as exiiibited at 

 the head of the exercise to which it be- 

 longs. Of this method of pre-settliiig 

 the fingering of every piece we much 

 approve. 



