Kuhaciys 
REVIEW OF NEW 
“ HE Twelfth Cake,” a juvenile Amufe- 
ment; confiting of little Ballads, with 
a Finaie and Introdu¢tion, The Mufic with 
an Accompaniment for the Piano-Forte, 
compoied by Reginald Sofforth. Price 3s. 6d. 
Longman and Broderip. 
““ The Twelfth Cake” is formed on # 
plan entirely novel. The fongs are per” 
fe€tly appropriate to the occafion, which 
furnifhes the title of the work, and are 
written in the feveral charaéters of king; 
queen, a failor’s wife, a match-girl, Simon 
Pure, a ballad-finger, and harlequin. 
‘Thefe charaéters, generally fpeaking, are 
fupported with judgment, ana at the fame 
time, prefent to us familiar but pleafing 
airs. The introduétion confifts of two 
movements, is purely inftrumental, and 
may be confidered as a fhort overture. 
‘The finale is a chorus, and concludes the 
production with a {pirited and pleafur- 
able effect. 
The Prefident’s March, arranged for two Per- 
formers on one Piana-Forte, by R. Taylor. 
Price ts. Prefton and Son. 
The Prefident’s March is an American 
compofition, The ftyle in which it is 
conceived is lively, but wants confequence 
and ftreneth of effe€t. In the form, in 
which Mr. Taylor here prefents it to 
the Englifh public, ir furnifhes a good 
exercife for young performers, and pol- 
feffes, ina confiderabdle degree, the quali- 
fication commen to piano-forve duets; 
which 1s that of improving the young 
practitioner in his fe. 
Six Duets for Two Voices, or One only fad 
Lititum ), with an Accompaniment for the 
Piano-Forte ; compofed by Gro. Bianchi ; the 
words by Metaftafio. Price 7s.  Skillera. 
We have perufed thefe duets with con- 
_ Giderable pleafure. Much elegance of 
ftyle prevails through the work, and fome 
of the airs do high credit to fignor Bi- 
anchi’s talents, both on account of their 
accurate and forcible expreffion, as well as 
their theoretical excellence. Sol pud 
dir che fia tormento,” is moft happily 
ftudied in the above points, and ‘* Trova 
un fol, mia bella Clori,” poffeffes much 
original {weetnefs. ‘Se ti bafta ch’io 
t’ammiri,’’ is particularly refined; the 
paffages beginning at ‘¢ Sei vezzofa,” and 
ending at ‘* ela belta,” are intimately con- 
nected with the fentiment of the poet, and 
return to the original fubjeét with great 
felicity of effet. The laft duet, ‘* Treme 
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fra dubbi miei,” is ftrongly chara€teriftic, 
and, in fome parts, conveys the fenfe of 
the words fo emphatical'y, that the-audi- 
tor may fay, in the language of Metafta- 
fio himfelf, 
“ Laure che afcolto intorno 
«< Mi fanno palpitar. 
The Genealogy of the Britifh Kings, including 
the Heptarchy, compofed by ‘7. Artwood. 
The words written by G. Saville Carey. Price: 
3s. 6d. Longman and Broderip. 
This preduétion is profeffedly com- 
pofed fer the laudable purpofe of impreff- 
ing on the memory of youth, by the at- 
traction of new and fucceflive melcdies, 
the important and interefting fubje&t of 
Englifh Hiftory. To undertakings of this 
nature, under whatever form they appear; 
we cannot but avow ourfelves to be che 
zealous friends. But furely, the objeé& 
of mental improvement can never be more 
engaging to the juvenile mind, than when 
recommended by fo alluring a vehicle as 
that of mufic. 
Confidering the tender age of thofe for 
whofe benefit this work is chiefly de- 
figned, and that a familiarity and plain- 
nefs, bordering on puerility, was an abfo- 
lute requifite of the plan, both Mr. Carey 
and Mr. Attwood have acquitted them- 
felves with much addrefs. But, to con- 
fine our obfervations to the mufic ; the fe- 
veral airs and recitatives, of which the 
genealogy confifts, are fo pleafingly con- 
ceived, and fo judicioufly arranged and 
contraéted, as to maintain and intereft the 
attention to the end. Wherever the 
compofer has found the fubje& of the 
words fufficiently prominent and dif- 
tinguifhed to demand a particular caft of 
expreffion, he has attended to that cir- 
cumftance, and generally with great fuc- 
cefs.. In a word, the happinefs of the ~ 
execution fcarcely yields to the excellence 
of the defign. 
Goofey Goofey Gander; with Variations for 
the Harp or Piano-Forte ; compofed by C. 
Bryan. Price ts. Skiliern. 
This air, originally trivial in itfelf, 
affumes, in its prefent ftate, fomewhat of 
vefpeétability. The variations were given 
-to it by Mr. Bryan, are calculated to at- 
tract the attention of Piano-Forte prac- 
titioners. They are eafy, progreffive, 
faithful to the theme, and every way fuit- 
ed tothe improving finger of the juvenile 
mufician. 
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