( 170 ) [Sept.l, 



REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 



A New Theory of Mufcal Hcnmony, according 

 to a complete and tia/ural Syjffiti of that Sci- 

 tnct. By Auguflm Vrcderkk Chriftophcr Koll- 

 tiuin, Organiji of his Majtjlfi German ChafJ 

 at St. Jamti-i. 1/. lli. 6^. 



I'^HIS work, which is meant as an im- 

 provement or corrertion of a for- 

 mer publication on the fame fuhjeft, is 

 elaborate and erudite, and indeed com- 

 prizes, as far as it is at prefent known, 

 the whole fcience of mufical hamiony. 

 In the courfe of eighty-four folio pages 

 the ingenious and induftrious author en- 

 ters upon the confideration of his propo- 

 fed Syllem, of the Muiical Scale, the Mo- 

 dern Scale, a Miilical Mode, of Inter- 

 vals, the Ufc of Intervals in Harmony 

 and Melody, tlie Fundamental Concord 

 and its Inverfions, Accidental Chords, 

 Fundamfutal Progreflion, Modulation, 

 Simple Countcr-l'oiut, Douhle Counter- 

 Point, Imitation and Variation, and 

 Time and Uhythm, in all which he is very 

 minute, cleiar, and fatisfaftory. Thofe 

 jniifical lludents who with to fathom tiic 

 depths of the fcience, and fee the Tut'io- 

 nale o( their practice, will deVive much 

 and rapid imjjrovemeiit from the perufal 

 of this volume, and ii)on find themiVlves 

 adequate to the ready comprclKMilion iif 

 the molt atiftrule jjaliages ot the clallical 

 mafters. 



A Grand Sonata far the Piano-Forte, ivith Ac- 

 comhiinimtnts fr livo Violim and a fio/tn- 

 (elto (ad libitum), Compojed and dedicated to 

 Mrs. OnfUiiu, by Louis Von Efcb. bs. 



This fonata confifis of llirco move- 

 ments ; the firft in common-time ulk- 

 gni the fecond in coOimon-tinie andun- 

 tino, and the third in compound com- 

 mon-time of fix quavers, 'llie tirll of 

 thefe is bold and fpirited, the fecond in 

 the fivlc of an air with variations, and 

 the third a rondo. Tlie whole forms a 

 linking and judicioufly varied production, 

 and to thofe perforniers who are confide- 

 rably advanced in execution, will prove 

 lirghly delirablc. 



A Neiv Sonata for the Pianoforte. Compofed 

 by T. H. Butler. 3s. 

 This overture, in which Mr. Butler 

 has intiodiiccd the ancient l)ut elegant 

 little air of" When fnft I faw thee grace- 

 ful movp,". as alfo two favourite Scotch 

 melodies, is an ingenious and plcafmg 

 produftion. It confifls of three -move- 

 ments, and is fo judicioully varied as to 



be highly engaging to the cultivated 



ear. 



Three favourite Trios for the Piano-Fotte, Vic ■ 



lin, and Violoncello. Composed and dedicated ' 



to Lady Liddell, by S. G. Ferrari, Efq. 



Rs. 



Thefe trios are ingenious in their con- 

 ftniction, and brl'peak an intimate ac- 

 fpiaintance with the powers of the inllru- 

 ments for which they are compofed. , 

 Some of the movements are of an anima- 

 ted and brilliant call, while others are at 

 once tender and elegant. Taken in tho 

 aggregate, they, in our opinion, rank 

 with the firlt prodnttions in their kind, 

 and will not fail to pleafe thofe w hofe ear 

 is qualiiied to enjoy fcientific and relined 

 compofition. 

 " Sul Margine d'un Rio,"' a faniourite Italian 



Ait, arranged as a Duet for the Harp and 



Pianoforte. By T. Latotir, Efq., Pianifie ta 



the Prince of PVales. 4j. 



Mr. Latour has formed of this popular 

 air a duet the elfect of which difplays his 

 talle and judgment to great advantage. 

 The two parts are iKjt only happily fuitcd 

 to the iiiliruments for which they are de- . 

 ligned, but the inlhuments are fo employ- . 

 ed as to admirably relieve and accommu- 

 dale each other. The variations aie 

 nine in number, and contain many novel, 

 ingenious, and brilliant jiaifages. 



" Adotvn ivinding Nitb I did tui.nder,'" a fa. 

 I'curile Song, -.written by the A: thor of fbe 

 Thorn. Con:pofcd, tvitb an Accmpanitntnt 

 for the Piano-Futtc, by "John lVI.it akcr. Is. 



Mr. Whitaker has let thele channing 

 words in a ilyle fo appropriate and tafie- 

 ful as to do himfelf great credit. The 

 melody is tlowing and exprelllve, and ii» 

 many inllaiices as original as interelling. 



A Sonata fir the Piano- Foi te, leith an Accom- 

 paniment for the Violin. Compofed by William 

 Clarke, Organijl of the New Epijcopal Chapel, . 

 Edinturgb. os. 



We find in this fonata fome ideas tliat 

 indicate genius, and an arrangement and ■ 

 conftrui'tion tiiat promife much future ex- 

 cellence. Ml-, (^larke is evidently not 

 fnllv in thofe fccrets of line coiii])u(ltion 

 which only long (tndyand experience can 

 reve.al : yet we w-oiild bv no means with- 

 hold that encouragement to v.liich his 

 prefent work entitles'him, nor ch.eck that, 

 i'pirit of perfeveraiue by which he may 

 fecure fuccels, and command profclTional 

 repute, 



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