New Muaie and Drama. 



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♦♦ Cotne, ehace that starting tear aivay," 

 from Moore's national airs, with Varia- 

 tions for ttie Piano Forte, and Inscribed 

 to Uissde Road, by »F. Eacestaff.—'is. 

 The simple air upon which tliese 

 ▼ariations are founded, has been ably 

 trealeil by Mr. Eavestaff. His chief 

 merit is, (a very important one) that he 

 sever loses sight of his theme. Amid 

 many ingenious and playful turns, we 

 constantly hear, or imagine we hear, 

 the principal passages of the air they 

 aremade but to ornament and diversify ; 

 and while tlieear is gratified with niuoh 

 lively and tasteful expatiation, the 

 mind is held to the original sentiment, 

 and quits tlie. liigli road without losing 

 its vifw of the principal prospect. 

 Rebecca's Song, from the Romance of 

 Ivanhoe , adapted to a Htbreiv Mdody, 

 tLith an accompaniment for the Piano 

 Forte,— Is. fid. 



The melody applied to the words 

 before us is easy, simple, and by no 

 means inappropriate. The acccnpa- 

 niment is varied in coiif>:rmi{y io the 

 different passages of the poetry, and 

 the general eflect is solemn without 

 heaviness, and attractive without devit- 

 ating into (he levity of secular music. 

 An Ode for Tliree Voices, a Trio to the 

 Memory of George the Third, with an 

 Accompaniment for the Piano Forte, by 

 George Frederic Harris. — 5*. 

 This Ode, the words of which are 

 written by Mr. F. Wyman, consists of 

 an opening solo, followed by two other 

 solos, and relieved by three trios. Many 

 of the passages of these movements are 

 natural and pathetic ; but against some 

 of them we must protest, as rather 

 instrumental than vocal : while we 

 fear that others are too light and trivial 

 for the general solemnity of the occa- 

 sion. Of these we shall only instance 

 the third and nineteenth bars of the 

 first trio. Without admitting that Mr. 

 Harris's melodies bear the stamp of ori- 

 jfinality, or his choral composition ex- 

 hibits any grand conceptions, or new 

 resources of modulation, we very will- 

 ingly declare in his favour, that the 

 first is, in general, easy and flowing, 

 and that the latter is far from being 

 destitute of effect. In the present pro- 

 duction, the ruling faults are, its be- 

 traying an eagerness to be pretty., and 

 the want of a sufficieiit attention to the 

 gravity of the sulyect. To these causes 

 we attribute the fact, (hat much of a 

 respectable portion of idea, (astc, and 

 Bcience is worse than thrown away, 

 and a composition, that at any rate 

 would not have been excellent, is, on 

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the whole, perhaps, scarcely abore me- 

 diocrity. 



New Edition, with considerable Improve- 

 men's, of Sonata, No. 1. from O^ern the 

 Ssrond, Composed by M'tziu Ci\menti-ds. 

 Of the merits of this, bril'iant and 

 masterly production we have, long 

 since, spoken so fully, diat it were 

 superfluous to enter now \ipou the sub- 

 ject of its claims to public atten- 

 tion and applause. The i nprovements 

 introduced by its ingenious author, 

 thougii not numerous, are so valuable 

 as to promise to revive the request in 

 which the composition m-hs once held. 

 The task of nl/ering ftr the better a 

 good production, is ahvays hazardous, 

 and not often fulfilled; but in the pre- 

 sent ca^e the jiulgineni of tiie composer 

 was adeqiuile to the delicacy of the'un- 

 dertakiug; and remodelled by his able 

 hand, this sonata has come forth with 

 new beauties,and evinced the propriety 

 of the endeavour to make good better. 

 " Sucet Riclturd," pel formed at the Con- 

 gress of Vt'ci-th Bards, at tVreocliam, by 

 Richard Roberts of Carnarvon, iclio 

 gained t lie Sitccr Harp.— 2s. 

 This asfreeable little air is published 

 by Mr. John Pany, wlio, to render it a 

 useful exercise for the Piano Forte, 

 has appended to it seven new variations 

 of his ov.n composition. These ad- 

 df.ndn are so pleasingly conceived, and 

 so well adapted ti) the hand of the ju- 

 venile practitioner, thai we have uo 

 doubt of their favourable reception 

 both with students and auditors ; and 

 of the publication becoming popular. 

 " Wlien the Flame of Love inspiring," a 

 Ballad, with on Accompaniment for the 

 Piano Forte, by J. Davy.— Is. 6d. 

 This ballad, (he words of which are 

 written by Mr. A. Scott, is adapted to 

 the long admired air called Rousseau's 

 Dream. The melody and poetry are 

 equally siinple and natural; and Mr. 

 Davjf's accompaniment, (chiefly ar- 

 peggio) is well suited to the subject, 

 to which it forms an ornament. The 

 combined effect, indeed, is so good, 

 that we cannot listen to the compo- 

 sition as Mr. D. here presents it to us, 

 without being reminded of his dis- 

 tinguished ability for tasks similar to 

 the present. 



CRAMA. 

 The past has been a month of season- 

 able activity at our great national thea- 

 'iiTs. A new tragedy has been produced 

 at CovENT Garden ; of the pretensions 

 of which, we ha\e given an accurate 

 estimate in a previous pait of this 

 number. The varieties of this House 

 L have 



