182*.] ^eiv Music and 



atlerition of siioli wc can, with the ut- 

 most propriety, recomnienil Mr. Haais's 

 pHblication. 

 "Siccst Choice of My Heart," a Ballad, 



tvritten by IV. F. Collan, esq. Composed 



tvilh an Accortipunimeiit fur the Piano- 



Furte, by J. C. Clifton. Us. 



The wolds of this little ballad :iro 

 writlcij witii the pencil of nature and 

 of poetry ; and the melody by which 

 Ihey are accompanied, is far from beiniJj 

 unworthy of the lines to w!iic!i it is 

 applied. " Sweet Clioiee of My Heart," 

 considered altoRether, is as enj^aging a 

 song in its kind, as any that for a Iomjj 

 lime has come under our crilicai notice. 

 The passages of the air are simple, ex- 

 pressive, and connected in their style ; 

 and the lovers of easy, unafl'ected, yet 

 not uuimpassioned, vocal strains, w ill 

 derive no small grutifioation from the 

 performance of the [iresent, 



Numbers 5 and 6 of select Italian Airs, 

 arranged for the Piano- Forte ; by S, F. 

 liimbault. 2s. 



The airs arranged in the numbers of 

 this work now imder our notice, are 

 "Una voce pocofa;" in Rossini's, " // 

 Sarliere di Sevifflia ;" and " O/t ?wa- 

 tutini albori," in his " Donna del Lago.'" 

 The excellence of these meloiiies en- 

 titled them to the most delicate treat- 

 ment on the part of their modifier; a 

 lact of which Mr. Rimbault does not 

 appear to have been nnmindfiil. Im- 

 pressed with a scrupulous regard for 

 the nicer touches of his original, he 

 has proceeded cautiously, though con- 

 fidently, and abstained from sacrificing, 

 or covering, a single prominent beauty ; 

 yet lias by no means left his subjects 

 williout the advantage of novelty and 

 ornament: and, as now offered to the 

 public, these airs I'.rescnt a highly eli- 

 gible employment for the finger of the 

 somewhat-advanced practitioner. 



THE DIIAMA AND ORATORIOS. 



The range of dramatic pieces at 

 both our national theatres, during the 

 past month, has been so similar to that 

 of the preceding, as (o leave us little 

 more (o remark, than that, at Drury- 

 Ijane, the revival of Lodoiska and 

 Tekeli, and at Covejit-Gardcii the suc- 

 cessful production of a new comedy, 

 liavc contributed to maintain the eclat 

 with which the drama has of late been 

 uniformly [)rocccding. ]5ut (he skilful 

 and spirited manner in which the 

 oratorios have been conduele<l at both 

 I10U.K1.S, alternately, su|)plies a to])io on 

 vvliieli the lovers of the sacred and most 



the Drama. 



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sublime i)rovincc of music will willingly 

 allow us to dwell. 



Mr, Boclisa, a Gorman by bifth, and 

 a Frenchman by education, but an 

 Englishman in his taste, feelings, and 

 manners, has assembled a mass of 

 British talent, and suj)ported a course 

 of oratorial performances, tiie exeeilence 

 of whicli has drawn crowded and bril- 

 liant aiuiiences, and reflected no small 

 degree of honour on his judgment and 

 perseverance, llis band, led liy ^liori, 

 and conducted by Sir George Smart, is 

 numerous and well-appointed ; and his 

 list of vocalists is adorned by tiie names 

 o!' JJraham, .'■apio, Mrs. Salmon, Miss 

 Paton, Miss Stephens, and Miss M. 

 'i'lee. The selections have hitherto 

 been judicious and attractive. 



Among the greater pieces that have 

 already been performed, are the " Det- 

 tingen Te Deuui;" a new oratorio, in 

 one act, entitled "Jerusalem Delivered," 

 composed by the Abbe Stadler, a Ger- 

 man ; an Ode from the pen of Dr. 

 Crotch; a "Carmen Triumpliale," by 

 Dr. Busby ; and a new Oratorii- frora 

 the manuscript compositions of Mr. 

 Wade, au amateur. These produc- 

 tions, however unequal in their merit, 

 have been |)erFormed with an accuracy, 

 grace, and force of expression, that re- 

 flected honour on Mr. Bochsa, the in- 

 genious and indefatigable director; and 

 that added to the credit long since so 

 justly obtained by the orchestral con- 

 ductor, Sir George Smart. In a word, 

 we are glad to see the management of 

 the sublimest species of musical enter- 

 tainment in such good hands, and to see 

 that there is no danger of its declining, 

 cither from the lack of professional ar- 

 dour or public encouragement. — To 

 these observations, we have only to 

 add, that we hope Mr. Bochsa's known 

 attachment to English genius, will be 

 still further promoted by the English 

 patronage he is enjoying ; and that, 

 next year, new proofs will be given of 

 his zeal for our rising character as a sci- 

 entific, a tasteful, and a polished people. 



MR. THELWALL's lectures. 



The Haymarket theatre has been 

 opened to the lovers of Shakespearian 

 comment, recitation, and oratorical de- 

 elamalioii. In this his second, and we 

 must say bold and enterprising, effort, 

 Mr. Tludwall, in our opinion, has lat- 

 terly appeared to more advantage in 

 them than at their commencement. Ho 

 has, as indeed was very natural, been 

 mure at his ease, more familiarized with 

 bis tasl«— ill a word, more at home than 



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