. REVIEW OF. NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 45%; 

Colle&tion of favourite Songs, fung by 
Mr, Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Moun- 
tain, the two Mifs Howells, and Mrs. 
Franklin, at Veuxhall Gardens ; compoted 
by ‘fames Hook, 3s. -1it- book 
Bland and Weller. 
Mr. Hook, who is ftiil the Vauxhail 
ballad-mafter ; fills that department with 
novelty and. {prightlinefs of fancy. 
In the prefent coliection we find, many 
{weet and ftriking paflages to prove, that 
voluminous as his efforts are in this way, 
he has by no means out-written himfeif. 
. The, firft fong,. * Lillies. and, Rofes,”’ 
fune by Mis F. Howz ts, is a pleaf- 
ing little air in 6-8 avdantino; many bars 
ot which, if not perfectly new, are en- 
gig:ing and animating; and the notes 
given to ‘* Buy my Sireee Briar, Sweet 
Lillies and Rofes,”’ moft happily expref- 
five or the words, <‘¢ Come buy my 
Wooden, Ware,’ fung by Mr. Dignum, 
?s not among the be ft conftructed melo- 
dies in the collection, but certainly car- 
ries with it. the character of the com- 
pofer, and is. well adapted to Mr.’Dic- 
NUM’s voice and ftyle of performance. 
The third. fong, ‘*.The Little Singing 
Girl,” fung by 1 Mrs. MounTaIN,, is 
gaily co neeived, and leaves an intereft- 
ing inprefijon Om pts, cari -;.6° As forth 
I rang’c the Banks of Tweed,” {ung by 
Mrs. FRANKLIN, is inthe Scottith tate, 
and potleifes much merit ; 
of Mr. Hoox’s Caledonian melodies, 
lofes its.truth of character, by the too 
frequent intredu€tion of the fourth and 
evento, of the key. The. fifth .air, 
“‘ Love's Telegraph,” fung by Mr. Dic- 
NUM, is not remarkable for its anima- 
tion or pleafantnefs; but ‘* Drink to 
the Girls left behind us,’ fung by Mr, 
DENMAN, is charatterifed by that viva- 
city and loofe eafy caft of air which form 
the diftinguifhing features of a fea fong. 
‘¢ How tedious, alas!. are the Hours,”’ 
fung by Mrs, FRANKLIN, is a {weetly 
fimple little melody, and calculated to 
prodidfce as agreeable an effect in the 
chamber, as im the gardens or theatre. 
The laft fong, < Young Jemmy is a 
pleafing Youth,” fung by Mrs, Moun- 
PAIN, though not itrikingly new, is 
fmocth and natural, and finifhes the 
collection in a ltyle creditable to the au- 
thor, 
The three Sonatas forthe pedal harp, with’ 
an Accompaniment for the tambourino, ad 
libitum; compofed and dedicated to Milg 
Saunders, by G, G. Ferrari. 7s. 64. 
Skillern. 
After 3 minute examination of thefe 
but, like moft. 
Sonatas, we have the-pleafure to. be able 
to pronounce them excellent compofitions, 
They are written in a ftyle rather fami- 
liar ;, yet difplay much elegance of ima- 
gination. The feveral movements are 
caler ulated to relieve each otner, and to 
produce, by their well-difpofed hghts 
and fhades, that picturefque effect hich 
every compofer of judgment endeavours 
to attain. Were we to point out the belt 
piece in the. fet, perhaps {trict juttice 
would dire&t us to the third; but the firft 
and fecond are the moit pop sular in. their 
cait, and of merit fufficient to fupport 
the repatation of their author. 
Fitty fele&t Tunes, carefully adapted to the 
beft parts of the firft ninety-fix Pfalms, 
by F. Chaylefworth. 7s, 6d. 
Longman and Broderip. 
Thefe tunes are chofen with judgment, 
and adapted with ability.. A fecond, or 
under part, is added throughout the col+ 
le&ticn;, and the whole forms a publica- 
tion particularly eligible for the Sunday 
uie of private Eee 
We entirely agree with Mr. Charlef- 
worth, that .all plalm tunes ought to be 
fo compoied as that people in general - 
may ona ly acquire the melody ; we alfa 
fubferibe to his opinion, that the beft are 
the eafieft;. but we cannot think with 
him, that what. he terms lively PEOy, 
is more impreflive than the grave and flow. 
Without a certain, degree of that dignity 
and importance which refults from the 
oe march of notes properly held he 
the mind is not exalted to that holy fer- 
vour, that pious folemnity, characteriftic 
of facred worfhip, and which leaves, in 
the heart t, an impreflion greatly fuperior 
to the light and. tranhent effects 0 ae 
more velatile fucceflion of founds. 
No. IIT. Of Guida Armonica; or, an Intro- 
duction to the General Knowledge of Mu- 
fic, Theoretical and Practical, by }. Rolfe. 
4s. 6d. Skillern. 
The author having, in the two former 
numbers of this didactic publication, — 
exhibited the diatonic arrangement of the - 
feyen notes of the major and minor fcales 
in melody, or fucce effion of founds,. now 
proceeds to fhew the principles on which, . 
thefe founds are combined ; elucidates _ 
the, fir. principles of Pipnance. and | 
enters upon the dogtrine of the harmonics. 
The ftudent is then prefented with the’ 
harmonic triad, or perfect common chord; 
the different polit ions of combination ; 
and with examples for filling up the ex- 
ercifes in. all ‘the various Keys, major 
and minor. _ ‘The great labour which 
this work muft have coftt Mr. ReLFs, 
has 
