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rendered it ftill more commodious to the 
public. Thofe pra€titioners and encou- 
racers of mulicwho are already provided 
with piano-fortes, and can therefore dif- 
_penfe with the promiflory notes, which 
entitle the fubfcriber toa yew inftrument, 
gratis, have now an opportunity of pur- 
chafing the numbers at eighteen-pence 
each; which new condition frequently 
affords them the advantage of receiving 
for three fhillings, or four end fixpence, 
the fame quantity of well chofen mufic, 
as in any other editien would coft them 
half-a-guinea. 
A Song in Mr. Sheridar’s new Comedy of the 
Strangers, compojed bya Lady. 18. Rolfe. 
We have perufed this delicate little 
air with much pleafure. It is diftinguifhed 
by a graceful eafe and an affecting fimpli- 
city. ‘The bafs and inner-part are {ci- 
entifically conftruéted, and the effect_of 
the whole does much honor to the tafte 
and judgment of the tair compofer. 
The Quick-flep of the Hampfead Loyal Affociatien, 
as it is performed by ithe Duke of York's band, 
compofed and dedicated to Johah Boydell, Cap- 
zain Commandant of the Corps, byl. Effex. 1s. 
Longman and Clenenti. 
_ Mr. Effex has publithed this quick-ftep 
in a feore for clarinets, flutes, horns, 
trumpets, baffoons, a ferpent and drum ; 
to which he has added a piano-forte ‘part. 
The fiyle of the melody is novel, and 
highly pleafing ; andthe parts are put to- 
gether with confiderable fkill. 
Hell newer march again, a Ballad, fet te Mufie 
by" .Combe, of Leiceffer. 1s. 
Longman and Clementi. 
We are not able to fpeak in the fame 
flattering terms of the compofition as we 
have done of formermpieces by the fame in- 
genious matter. The melody is not remark- 
able either for its novelty or character, 
and the modulation is even deficient in 
{cience. The paflage at “* never, never 
march again, in the-fecond page, is lo 

Review of New Mufical Publications. 
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carelefsly prepared as to violate the ac- 
knowledged laws of harmony. 
Tbe Sword of Gideon and the Lord, a martial 
hymn, fet to mufic by Frederic Mortimer. 1s. 
Bland and Wheeler. 
«© ‘The Sword cf Gideon,” though not 
confpicuous for its originality, pofieffes 
fome degree of f{pirit, and conveys the 
fenfe of the words with copiiderable effect. 
The intervening. fymphenies are corre- 
{pondent to the melody, and do credit to 
the judgment of the author. 
On the projected Uniow between England and 
Freland, compofea and fung by Mr. Dignum, 
in the grand Council-chamber at Guildball, on, ° 
the Lord Mayor's day. 38. ; 
Longman, Clementi, and Co. 
This temporary produétion, though 
not calculated to render the credit of Mr. 
Dignum’s inventive powers equal to that 
of his.vocal abilities, is by no means defti- 
tute of merit. We are obliged to confefs its 
wants of novelty and modulation, and 
that the bafs is not the beft that might 
have been chofen; yet the general effect is 
agreeable, and adapted to the fenfe of the 
words. 
Willian and Mary, two rondos, with an acconte 
pasiment for a violin or German-fiute; written 
and compafed by Peter Lee. 2s. 6d. Rolfe. 
The themes of thefe rondos are familiar 
and agreeable, and the digrefficus are 
conftructed with judgment. ‘Tae fenti- 
ments of the words have, in both, been 
happily confuited, and the modulations 
are ealy and natural. At the fame time, 
we are obliged to obferve, rhat the baffles 
do not always reflect equal credit on the 
fill of the compofer; we fometimes meet 
with conjecuiive octaves, as ufthe fecond 
and third bars of the fixth page; at other 
times, with combinations utterly diffo- 
nant, but which errors, as we are led to 
conceive by the general excellency of the 
compofitions, are rather the refult of care- 
leffnefs than of {cientific difqualification. © 

Retrospect of Musican Works publifoed in France during the laf year s 
with Remarks on the State of 1 
T is a circumfance highly flattering 
to the power and ftability of nations, 
when, in the midft of foreign wars and 1n- 
teftine commotions, they able to cul- 
tivate the peaceful arts; when, while one 
hand is engaged in checking external and 
internal hoftilities, they can with the 
other fofter fcience, and promote the re- 
fources for refined and, elegant enjoy- 
ments. Cg 
During the firft fx months of the lak 
> 
are 
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Lufical Science in that Republic. 
year, the Republic produced no fewer 
than 119 mutical works, vocal and in- 
ftrumental; the catalogue of which, with 
occafional remarks and obfervations, will 
furnifh the reader with a tolerably juft idea 
of the merit of the refpective compofers 
now in France, and of the prefent ftate of 
mufic in that country. 
‘Three Romances, by Plantade; Trea- 
tife on Harmony, by Gauzargues; Four 
progreilive Sonatas fox the Piano-fore 
with, 
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