264 New Made and the Drama. 



Mr. Ross has handled with coneidcra- 



Ule ability. His variations, eight in 



number, are, for the most part, happy 



modifications of the chosen theme, and 



form highly inviting exercises for those 



who arc ambitious of advancing their 



powers of execution. To a very prin- 



-cipal point, that of rendering the vari- 



ations progressively diilicult, Mr. R. 



has been particularly attentive, as if 



anxious to make the composition not 



less useful than gratifying. 



Number II. of Italian Airs, consisting 

 of Zitti, Zitti ! Piano, Piano! Ar- 

 ranged as a Rondo for the Piano- 

 Forte, bij S. F. Rimbauh. 2s. 

 This little work, the first number of 



which presented us with Tu cJve 



nccendi, arranged in the same style as 



the air now under our eye, promises 



to be as useful as agreeable to the 



class of piano-forte practitioners, for 



whose benefit and gratification it is in- 

 tended. The air which forms the 



ground-work of this rondo, is one of 



the prettiest of the same composer ; 



and, by 3Ir. Rimbault's ingenuity, has 



assumed a form which will increase the 



sphere of its popularity, and augment 



its attraction. 



*' AW Idea di qitalmetnllo," an Air com- 

 posed by Rossini ; arranged for the 

 Piano-Forte, by Samuel Poole, ^s. 

 We think the address with which 



Mr. Poole has converted this pleasing 



air into a piano-forte piece, is more 



than ordinarily creditable to his taste 



and judgment. Most of the passages 



of the melody, in their original dress, 



are novel, and highly interesting ; and 



Mr. Poole, we must in candour say, by 



the turn he has given them, has made 



the most of the idtas on which they are 



founded ; and, by the manner in which 



tliey arc arranged, combined, and 



worked up, the whole has I'lirnished a 



very attractive and improving practice. 



The Favourite Air of We're a Noddin; 

 arranged as a Rondo for the Harp, or 

 Piano-Forte, by H. G. Nixon, Or- 

 ganist to the Bavarian Ambassy. 3*. 

 Mr. Nixon, in his treatment of this 



air, which we scarcely think worthy of 



the fashion into which it has grown, 



has given play to a fancy which he 



knew how to keep v.ithin bounds, 



without too much restraining its free- 

 dom. In his excursivR matter, ho 



never loses sightof that which certainly 



ought, less or more, to be ever present 



to the mind of the auditor, and keep 



his attention alive to the subject, about 



which, in fact, the digressive strains 



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ought but to revolve, as a governiog 

 and guiding centre. From this fa- 

 vourable but just view of a little pro- 

 duction, that in more respects than one 

 is creditable to its author's abilities as a 

 composer of instrumental trifles, our 

 readers will, and may, expect to find 

 it worthy of their attention. 

 Number IV. of Select French Romances, 

 for the Piano-Forte, \s. 6d. 

 The air selected for the present 

 number of this familiar collection of 

 Frencii melodies, is Ce que je dire. 

 Its ease and simplicity particularly 

 fitted it for the purpose to which it is 

 here applied. The turn of the passages 

 are accommodating to tlie compass and 

 powers of the juvenile hand ; and, 

 while they interest the ear, will not fail 

 to advance manual execution. In 

 some instances, an elegance of turn is 

 given to the original ideas, which ele- 

 vates the character of the air, and adds 

 dignity to its beauty. 

 " Carle, now the King's come^' written 

 by Sir Walter Scott, BaH. on his 

 Majesty's Visit to Edinburgh. The 

 Music composed by Mr, Ross, of 

 Aberdeen. Is. 6d. 



The little air applied by tlie genius 

 of Mr. Ross to these words is uncom- 

 monly simple, and as extraordinarily 

 characterized. There is a strength 

 and a singularity, in its features or 

 passages, that stamps the contour with 

 great novelty, and renders it peculiarly 

 impressive. It is curious to observe, 

 by how few notes a powerful effect 

 may be produced, when arranged by 

 real talent, and directed to a subject 

 in w hich the composer himself takes an 

 interest. 



THE DRVMA. 



While at Drury Lane-Theatre the 

 taste of the public has been gratified, 

 and its favour maintained, by the force 

 and variety of the histrionic and vocal 

 talent it now assembles in its power- 

 ful company, the Coveut Garden ma- 

 nagement has been seeking new at- 

 traction in the produce of novelty, in 

 the highest and most importcint walks 

 of dramatic literature. 



If the personal strength exhibited on 

 the boards of one house, has continued 

 to draw attendance and flatter the 

 t;iste of the lovers of scenic excel- 

 lence, the mental powers exhibited at 

 the other, in a new offspring of tlie 

 tragic muse, has afl'orded a pleasure of 

 no ordinary kind. The specimen Miss 

 Mitlord has disjjlaycd of her genius 



for 



