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Review of New Mufical Publications. 



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bey, and the Moravian Settlement at Ful- voyages avd travp.is. 



neck. With plates, is. 6d. The Belgium Triivelicr ; or Tour through 



Hidory and Survey of Loudon and its En- Holland, France, and Switzerland, in 1804-5. 



Tiron-j ; containing every int'omiation inte- 

 refting, important, and inftruftive, from the 

 foundation to the prefent vaft extent of the 

 jaetropolis:; Ly B. Lambert. 4 vvjIs. 8vo. 

 si. 1 6s. bds. fine 4I. 43. 



In a Series of Letters from a i!Col)lenian to a 

 Miniller ol State. 4 vols. i2nio. 20s. 



A Piiiliirelque Tour tlirougli Spam ; em- 

 belhdied with 22 plates, bySwiubouru. fo- 

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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 



"^ Catch Him fP7jo can," a Mujlcal Farce in 



"Two A£}i, ferftrmcd at the Tteatie-Royal 



Haymarkct ; lurUten by Theodore Edivard 



Hook, Ejq. ; the Mufic by T. Hook, E/tf. is. 



THE overture to tills pleafing piece 

 is ftriick oil' with inucli of that faci- 

 lity of execution and happincfs of effect 

 for which moll of Mr. Hook's liy,htcr pro- 

 ductions are diilinguillied. The fubjett 

 of the fecond movement is particularly 

 engaging ; and the cunning addry'i of the 

 coaipol'er obliges us, though grudgingly, 

 to tolerate his rhythm oH Jive bars. Of 

 the vocal part of the work, we led moil 

 induced to commend " Softly waft, ye 

 fouthern breezes," fung by Mrs. Ma- 

 thews ; " Mary once had Lovers two," 

 fung by Mifs TjTer ; and " Hail, lovely 

 Rofe," fung alfo by Mils Tyrer. 'I he 

 melodies of thefe fongs are fmooth, fvveet, 

 and expreflive ; and though evidently 

 written in hafle, as evidently bear the 

 ftamp of a mafter. 



yohn SibaJDan Bach's celebrated Fantafia Chro- 

 matica for the Pumo-forte, -with joi".e Addi- 

 tions by A. ¥. C. Kollman, Orgnniji of his 

 Mujcliy^s German Chafe/, St. ya>nes''s, 41. 



The public are much indebted to Mr. 

 Ivolhnan for prcfeuting them with this im- 

 proved edition of John Sebaftian's juftly- 

 tlteeined Fautafia. The additions an- 

 uouiiccd by the editor in the title-page 

 veil merit that appellation. They height- 

 en the general eiVect, and let in the moll 

 favounible point of view tiie original de- 

 fign of that gre.-.t mallei". The fugue in 

 this excellent and claffical production 

 (though we cannot profefs to be ftruck 

 witii its fubjedt,) is moll ably worked, and 

 diiplays in every bar great natural powers 

 and high profellional cultivation. The 

 lutroducliou does not on the whole equal- 

 ly excite our admiration. We are, how- 

 ever, free to allow it great as an extrara- 

 ganza, and do not doubt of its always 

 finding many admirers; and that the 



MoiiiHLv JMac, No. 116. 



compofition, taken in the aggregate, wil' 

 eier be deemed worthy a place in the 

 mulical libraries of the curious. 



Numbers III. and IV. ef Rurcatlons for the 

 Piano-forte; cotrfojedby Mr. Latour. is.6d^ 

 each A'umber. 



The prefent Numbers of this ingenious 

 and interefting publication conluin the 

 popular dance of " Oil She goes," and 

 the Venetian Air in The Travellers ; to 

 both which Mr. Latour has added varia- 

 tions that will do hiin great credit with all 

 lovers of animated and talicful compoii- 

 tion. The paflfagcs arc in many inilances 

 of brilliant effect, without any extraordi- 

 nary diiiiculty of execution, and evince 

 Mr. L. to be a thorough mailer of the in- 

 (Irument for which he writes. 



Duet for tiuo Pcrformtrs on one Pianoforte, in 

 •zvh.ch are introduced SccltiJ)} Airs ; cmifofd 

 by Pfilham Clarke, of Edinburgh. 31. 



This duet, though not of the firft order 

 of merit, is not wholly v, ithout claims to 

 our commendation, ii the ideas are not 

 very novel, they are conlillent ; and 

 though we do not trace much contri- 

 vance, we muft acknowledge an agreeable 

 cfFedt, and confcfs that young Itudents 

 may derive profit as well as pleafure from 

 its practice. 



Studies for the Harp. Comfofed and dedicated 



to the S^ucen of Naples by Count St. Pierre de 

 Neivbcurg. 8i. 



Count St. Pierre claims, by the merits 

 of the prefent work, our molt favourable 

 notice. Exerclfes fonned upon tlie jjro- 

 greliive and judicious plan of thefe Stu- 

 dies cannot fail to greatly profit the harp 

 practitioner. The method here adopted 

 opens a new fyftem of fingering, by which 

 facility of ex£cution and gracefulaefs of 

 pohtion will be greatly promoted, and 

 thofe who have already made a conlide- 

 lable progrefs on this fafliiontible iiiftru- 

 ment, be fpeedily rendered proficients. 



