| Saat ye WRzaine of New Mufical Publications. 
evinces the compofer’s ingenuity and {kill 
in orcheftral compofitions 
®* The Weary Woodman,” fung at the nobility’s 
concerts; adapted for the piano-forte and 
harp 5 compofed by Mr. Moulds. 1s. Rolfe. 
‘© The Weary Woodman,”’ though not 
in the firft rank of Mr. Moulds’s compofi- 
tions, is, in refpect to airand charaCterif- 
_ tical propriety, a production of confiderable 
merit. The paflages are not remarkable 
for their originality, but flow out of each 
other with eafe and nature, and difplay 
to advantage the compofer’s qualification 
for this {pecies of writing. 
*¢ Ab, gentle Hupe,” a favourite fonnet from the 
Children of the Abbey, written by Mrs. Roch. 
The mufic by Mr. Hook. 1s. 
Longman and Clementi. 
_ The pleafing, eafy melody of this little 
ballad cannot failto procure it much pub- 
lic notice. The fubject of the words has 
been fuccefsfully confulted, and the arpeg- 
gio bafs is calculated to heighten and im- 
prove the effect. 
§*O’er Fancied Fields,” a new fong, campofed by 
Mrs. Kingfton. be words by Willian Gil- 
bert, Efg. 1s. Riley. 
The air of this ballad, though not par- 
ticularly ftriking or interefting, is {mooth 
and natural. The introduction of the 
minor of the original key at the words - 
“< In foft embraces wrapt,”* is judicious, 
and the refumption of the major at the 
line, <¢ O’er imagined charms,” is produc- 
tive of much f{weetnels of effect. 
“<< What can affuage the Stormy Wind,” a fa- 
wourite canzonet, fung by Mr. Incledon at the 
nobility’s concerts. Inferibed to ‘fob Henry 
Burges, Eq. compofed by}. Moorehead. 1s 6d. 
Goulding, Phipps, and D? Almaine. 
We find in this compofition fome pleaf- 
ing traits of melody, and paflages ftriking- 
ly appropriate to the fentiments of the 
words. In two or three particular’ in- 
ftances, the accent, we muft confefs, is not 
perfectly correct, yet the aggregate effect 
is fo proper and fo forcible, that we can- 
not but treat the compofition as an ingeni- 
ous one, and as creditable to Mr. Moore- 
_- head’s rifing talents. 
Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with an accom- 
paniment for the violin to the two laf, com- 
fofed by D. Steibelt. 8s. Coni and Dufek. 
Livelinels of fancy, depth of {cience, and 
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ufeful execution; form the principal traits 
of Mr. Steibelt’s prefent work. Each of 
thefe fonatas is conftracted with a confift- 
ency of paffages and unity of effect, which 
do much credit to the judgment of this 
juftly admired compofer, and form a ftrong 
barrier between himfelf and thole raw au - 
thors, who, fertile in ideas, but unikilled 
in their arrangement, produce, for regular 
compofition, heterogeneous maffes of un- 
digefted conceptions. | 
Quintetta for the piano-forte, violin, flute, tenor 
and violoncello; compofed, and dedicated te 
William Ottley, Efg. by M. P. King. 4. 
, Goulding, Phipps, and D’ Almaine. 
Mr. King has exhibited much tafte and 
fancy in this quintetto, and much know- 
ledge of effect in the arrangements of its 
feveral parts. We difcover confiderable 
novelty in its various paflages, and they 
have the additional merit of conneétion. 
The movements are judicioufly contrafted, 
yet preferve a. family feature in their 
ftyle; and prefent to the ear that*confangui- 
nity of ideas which real judges always 
expeét, and which the veal mafter can al- 
ways command. 
Thomas and Mary, a new Englifp ballads the 
poetry and mufic by Mrs. Kingfton. 1s. 
Longman, Clementi, & Co. 
Mrs. Kingfton has evinced much inge- 
nuity, both in the words and mufic of this 
little produétion. Her melody gives much 
force to the fentiment of the poetry, and 
is pleafingly fancied. The vecitative, lar- 
£0, 1s judicioufly applied to the words, 
<¢ And now appear’d the maid,”’ and its 
alternate repetition with the air, is calcu- 
a to awaken the fympathy of the au- 
itor. 
“¢ Orphan Be/s, the Beggar Girl,” as fung by 
Mifs Leake at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. 
The mufic by My. Hook. 1s. 
Longinan, Clementi, and Co. 
«‘ Orphan Befs,”’ inthe points of air and 
expreffion, is one of the moft refpectable 
ballads which have appeared for a long 
time. The general caft of the melody is 
engaging and charaéteriftic, and the mo- 
dulation into the relative minor, at the 
words, ‘* Poor Orphan Befs!”’ is highly 
interefting. 
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