36'4 New Music and th 



Nwnkr III. of Select Italian Airs; 



arranged /or tlw Piano-Forte, by S. 



F. Rimhault, 2s. 



The air selected for tlie present 

 number of tliis amusing and use- 

 ful little work, is that of Mozart's " Di 

 Piacer mi baha il cor." As far as the 

 praise due to neatness, and even ele- 

 gance, of arrangement can go, we are 

 disposed by the merit with which this 

 melody is prepared for tiie piano- 

 forte, io proceed in its encomium. 

 While the passages are so modelled as 

 to accommodate the hand of almost 

 the youngest practitioner, they are 

 decorated with a degree of taste which 

 manifests qualities fitted to a higher 

 employment ; and that must dispose the 

 public to listen with very favourable 

 expectation whatever shall come from 

 the hand of Mr. Rimhault. 

 " What need of Words," a Round for 



Three Voices; composed, with an 



Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte, 



by W. A. Nield. 2s. 6d. 



The air which constitutes the basis of 

 this eomposi1ion,hastliemcrit of being 

 very free and natural in its passages, 

 though, under the restraint in which 

 the nature of the production placed 

 the imagination of the composer, to im- 

 part any real beauty to the melody 

 was rendered extremely difficult. Mr. 

 Nield, however, (a son, we believe, of 

 one of the gentlemen of the Chapel 

 Royal) has surmounted his embarrass- 

 ment with much felicity. The seve- 

 ral parts fall into harmony with great 

 ease, and present the ear, not only 

 with "a concord of sweet sounds," 

 but a natural currency of notes, which 

 charm no less than the studied and in- 

 genious combination. 

 A correct and easy Method of Tuning 



the GrandSqnare Piano- Forte. 1 s. 6d. 



The purpose of this little publica- 

 tion (comprised in six small octavo 

 pages,) is to teach private piano-forte 

 practitioners to tune their own instru- 

 ments ; an accomplishment certainly 

 very useful in those provincial and 

 sequestered situations which almost 

 preclude the possibility of obtaining a 

 professional tuner ; but the acquire- 

 ment of which, under other circum- 

 stances, would, we should apprehend, 

 scarcely repay its cost of time and 

 trouble. 



However, this does not, nor do we 

 mean that it should, depreciate the 

 aelual merit of tlie manual before us. 

 We certainly find in it as much iufor- 



Drama. [May I, 



mation on the subject of tuning as 

 could well bo compiessed in so limited 

 a^compass; and should not be just to 

 the claims of the author, whoever lie 

 may be, were we not to recommend it 

 to the attention of tliose whose conve- 

 nience siioukl require their having a 

 key to the art of tuning. 

 A Selection of the most admired Quad- 

 rilles, as danced at Almack's, theAryyll 

 Rooms, and at the IS'obility's Assem- 

 blies ; arranged for the Piano-Forte, 

 Harp, or Violin. '2s. 

 These quadrilles, to which are an- 

 nexed their proper figures, in French 

 and English, arc selected with taste; 

 and, by the lovers of the lighter kind 

 of compositions, will be practised and 

 listened to with pleastire. After ad- 

 mitting of the propriety of the choice, in 

 a publication of this kind, it only re- 

 mains to speak of the judgment witjj 

 which its several pieces are arranged ; 

 and, of this, we are justified in making 

 a favourable report. 



THE DRAMA. 



DRURY-LAwn.— During the past 

 month, the tragic, comic, and vocal 

 powers, comprised in the present ad- 

 mirable company of this Ihcatie, have 

 been alternately exercised, not less to 

 the entertainment and deligiit of the 

 public, than to tlic advantage of the 

 manager. But, great as may have 

 been the attractions of Kean, Young, 

 and Elliston ; Braham, Miss Stephens, 

 Mrs. Austin, and Miss ("Isra Fisher ; 

 the principal magnet has been the no- 

 velty of the Chinese Sorcerer, a brilliant 

 and romantic substitute for Harlequin 

 and Columbine. If wo cannot say 

 much in favour of the literary or mu- 

 sical merit of this piece, as a dramatic 

 spectacle, and faithful representation 

 of the manners, customs, and hu- 

 mours, of a portion of the subjects of 

 the Celestial Empire, it has no ordinary 

 claim to our approbation. TIicpr(;di- 

 gal liberality with which it has been 

 prepared, and the almost unequalled 

 splendour and variety it displays, have 

 challenged and secured the patronage 

 of the public ; and its numerous and 

 well-attended repetitions have, we be- 

 lieve, amply repaid the cxpenee at 

 which it was got up, enormous as we 

 know that expence to have been. 



Covent-Garden. — The various and 



distinguished talents brought together 



by the Covent-Garden managers, liave 



continued to afford that gratification 



sought 



