[ 362 ] [Nov. 
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Ten Occasional Voluntaries for the Orgaiiy ‘with 
a TiTisererCy and Gloria Tibi Domirte, Cgv-“ 
■posed and adapted by JVdliam Ho%vgill, esq. 
Crganist of JVhkeha'ven j and inscribed to the 
Rc'u. Wilfrid Hudlestone, Rector of Hands- 
Kuorth, Yorkshire, and Minister of St. 
cboicTs Chapel, TVbiteha’ven, 125* 6d. 
F these voluntaries, two are for 
Christinas-day, two for Good Fri¬ 
day, two for Easter-day, one for Whit- 
Sunday, one for Ascension-day, one for 
Trinity Sunday, and one for the first Sun¬ 
day in Advent. 
The selection and original matter, of 
which these voluntaries are formed, give 
each piece as mucli appropriateness to 
llie day for the celebration of wliich it is 
designed, as perhaps could in reason 
jiave been e\[)ectcd. We are not cer¬ 
tain that the occasions hlr. Howgili has 
embraced, afford that characteristic tii- 
versity which the general mind might 
expect should distinguish each from lue 
otliers. If w'e are best pleased with the 
voluntary for Christnias-day, we owe it, 
pie; haps, to the superior opportunity it 
allows for distinctive leature, rather than 
from any display of judgment beyond 
what we observe in the succeeding pieces. 
We are fairly authorised to say, tiiat 
what liiscrbnmation the different subjects 
allowed, Mr. liowgill has exercised, and 
produced a valuable addition to our stock 
of organ music, and which will not fail 
to be highly useful to provincial organists 
in genetah In the introductory preface, 
we find a general description of the 
character and powers of the organ, (ex¬ 
tracted from Dr. Busby’s Musical Dic- 
TKioarv.) as also a definition of the an- 
peilation lolunfari/, and a tolerably co¬ 
pious Yocabuiary of terms connected 
With church service. 
A Trench Air, ‘with Alterations, Additiens, and 
Six Hew Variations. Composed and dedicated 
to G. Sinclair, esq. by Dr. Jay. Ss. 6d. 
“ The favourable reception this elegant 
air has experienced, has induced the Edi- 
tor to reprint it, with such alterations 
iuui additions as he trusts will render it 
bill! more worthy the patronage of the 
public.Thus speaks the Editor in the 
title-page to his second edition of this 
air: of its “ favourable reception” we 
cannot doubt, and of the alterations 
and additions” can justly make that re¬ 
port that will at once be pleasing to Dr. 
Jay, und inviting to the public attention : 
the first are improvements, and the se¬ 
cond new accessions of worth, and evincs 
a very intimate knowledge with the best 
powers of the instrument for which the 
publication is designed. 
Le Sansonnet affrar.chi: Romance and Rondo fsf 
the Pianoforte, by J. Gildon. 2s. 
The idea upon whicli this romance and 
rondo are founded is happily seized.— 
“ I can’t get out—I can’t get out, said 
the starling;”-—but now he is out, and 
favours us with such agreeable and ex- 
hilarating expressions of bis joy, as at 
once delight our ear, and touch us with 
the sweet and delicious sense of new¬ 
born liberty. We cannot but give Mr, 
Gildon much commendation botii for the 
conception and execution of this very en¬ 
gaging little production, which w'e feel 
assui ed will have among piano-forte prac¬ 
titioners abundant adnyirers. 
Parry's Polacca, dedicated to L. Illius, esq a 
Arranged for the Pianoforte, by the Author. 
15. <5d. 
This Polacca, the introductory move¬ 
ment to which is both elegant and appro¬ 
priate, IS so pleasing in its subject, and 
so judicious in its digressions and general 
conduct, that we cannot be surprised at 
its favourable reception among piano¬ 
forte practitioners, whom it certainly is 
greatlv calculated to delight and im- 
prove. 
M't Nannie Oh /” afa'vourite Scots Ballad b^ 
Burns, sung by Mr. Broadburst, at SadlePo 
Wells Theatre, in the Pantomime Entertain- 
vient of Duke Domutn. Composed by Wa 
Reet'c, esq. Is. 6d. 
We find in this air sometliing of a no- 
vel ciiaracter, tiiough the wdiole is, per¬ 
haps, but a succession of passages vvhick 
we have heard a thousand times before. 
As far as origmalitv of character is at- 
tamable without singularity of feature, 
Mr. Reeve has certainly succeeded; and 
to say this, is to award no stinted praise^ 
Dear Kitty,'' a favourite Song, %vith an Ac^ 
conipaniment for the Piatioforte. The ‘wordt 
by Mrs. Montague. Composed and ^ang by 
G. Gray. Is. 
The words of this song, we may say, 
without being inffuenced by tlie sex of 
the writer, greatly transcend the music 
in claims upon our praise. They tell a 
plain tale in simple language, and are 
far from affecting any of those tasty quirks 
and idle fineries and fopperies to which 
the true English ballad is a total stranger. 
