242 Ntw Music and tht Drama, 



circumstance is noticed in the Memoir, 

 as matter of regret; and an opinion is 

 expressec;, that before those people can 

 be habituated to the relish of new en- 

 joyments, and to obtain from tliem such 

 articles as arc wanted, piasters must 

 constitute the essential part of the 



[Afril 1, 



cargo. At present, their sobriety is a 

 remora to any calls for superlluitics. 

 In conclusion, it is observed, that liieir 

 iiulustry and inj^cniiily may be appre- 

 ciated, by patterns which liave been 

 brought over of the stuff's which they 

 fabricate and make use of. 



NEW MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. 



Five Finger Airs for the Piano- Furte, in- 

 cluding Popular Melodies, for the Amuse- 

 ment and Instruction of Young Performers, 

 in Two Series ; Inj J. Green. 6s. 



TO those piano-forte practitioners 

 who are desirous of a variety of 

 useful exercises, the present jmblicaticu 

 will not fail to prove lii;;lily acceptable. 

 It consists of no fewer than thirty folio 

 pages, of practical exarajjles, in all the 

 various keys, and in almost every de- 

 .scription of measure. 'J'heir construc- 

 tion, directed to the two-fold purpose 

 of informing the mind, and improving 

 the finger, are calculated to render, by 

 their study and practice, important 

 service to the juvenile practitioner; and 

 to the attenlion of every emulous stu- 

 dent on the instrument for which they 

 arc intended, wo earnestly recommend 

 Mr. Green's publication. 



" 3Iarij," a Song. The Words by Mr. C. 



Clctnenti; the Music by IV. H, Cutler. 



ds. 6d. 



" Mary," is a pretty little specimen of 

 vocal composition of the amatory kind. 

 The passages, if not remarkably novel, 

 are easy and pleasing, and have a na- 

 tural and close connexion with each 

 other. The unity of its style gives the 

 melody a distinguishing character; and 

 that single advantage, in our estima- 

 tion, is too important not to impart 

 value to the production. 



The Amateur's Assistant, Vocal or Instru- 

 mental; by R, J. Stephenson. 5s. 

 The object of this work is, to pre- 

 sent the studious amateur with scien- 

 tific instructions, througii tlie medium 

 of elementary demonstrations, accom- 

 panied with diatonic exercises, and an 

 analytical specimen of composition and 

 transposition, including examples of 

 tonic changes through the octave, and 

 the general laws of modulation in the 

 major and minor keys. In the prose- 

 cution of this design, the ingenious 

 author has placed his subject in various 

 paints of view ; but how far his dia- 

 grams, without the aid of a master, will 

 prove intelligible to those for whose use 

 they are intended, is a matter on which 



we sljould find it difiicult to decide. If, 

 however, we are inclined to think that 

 the dead letter will require living illus- 

 tration, we also feel convinced that a 

 few comments will go a great way: and 

 that much information may be derived, 

 even fronj a very moderate attention to 

 t!ie contents of the work. 

 Numbei's 1, 2, 3, of Favourite French Ro- 

 mances, uilh Variations for the Piano- 

 Forte ; composed by Jns. Calkin. 3s. each. 

 The present numbers of this plea- 

 sing litlle work (all of it, we believe, 

 which have yet ajipeared) contain " Lo 

 Troubadour duTage," " Ceiui qui Sut," 

 " Ce que jc Desire." To these Mr. 

 Calkin has applied variations, the pre- 

 vailing cast of which is too agreeable 

 not to attract the general ear; and the 

 science and skill of which are calculated 

 to satisfy the most rigid judges. In 

 many instances, the original ideas are 

 ingeniously and pleasantly turned; and 

 the predominant effect is, that of a pro- 

 duction originating in real genius, and 

 modified by a sound and well-regulated 

 judgment. But, however well we tliink 

 of each of these pieces, were we asked 

 which of the three is our favourite, we 

 should name the Troubadour : and Mr. 

 Calkin, as if himself aware of the fact, 

 has had the policy to let it take pre* 

 cedence of the other two. 



Le Petit Tambour, a French Air, arranged 

 icith an Introduction and Variations for 

 the Piano- Forle ; by George Frederic 

 Harris. 2s. 6d. 



La Petit Tutuhour is a delicate little 

 air, and the introductory movement 

 here attached to it is both pleasing and 

 appropriate. The variations are fan- 

 citiil amplifications of the theme on 

 which they are founded ; and, without 

 straying frots tlie subject matter, they 

 throw over it a brilliancy and a relief 

 that considera!)!y heightens its original 

 beauty. The variations are fight in 

 number, and rising grailatim, as they 

 do, in the difiieulty of their execution, 

 they form useful pieces for the practice 

 of those who have not attained the 

 higher powers of performaiice. To tho 

 attentiw 



