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‘wildnefs which fometimes delights and 
furprizes us, they fubmit to fuch laws of 
harmony .as we ourfelves acknowledge 
and by which their airs happily incor- 
porate with Jtalian, German, or Englifh 
baffles. 
A fecond Colleétion of Songs, funz by Mr. 
Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Franklin, and 
Mrs. Mountain, at Vauxhall-Gardens, come 
pofed by ‘ames Hook. 38. Bland & Weller, 
This Colleétion confifts of Eight Bal- 
lads, which, for the moft part, are not 
qualified to rank with the beft of Mr, 
Hook’s Garden compofitions. The firkt, 
«© May my Mary’s kind kifs fill wei- 
come me home,” fung by Mr. Dignum, 
is deficient both in melody and effeét ; 
the meafure and caft of the words would, 
we conceive, have been much better ac- 
commodated by a mevement in § er ¢. 
“¢ The Female Monitor,” fung by Mrs. 
Mountain, is among the beft of the col- 
IcGtion, It poffeffes-a certain livelinefs 
of charaéter, fo-perfeétly concordant to 
the {pirit and turn of the poetry, as to 
feem the only Air that would fuit ir. 
The third Seng is ‘ Bring us a flowing 
Bowl,’’ fung by Mr. Denman: the firft 
movement of which is animating, and 
original ; but the fecend is almoft a cor- 
re€t copy of an. old French A'lemand, 
well known tothe sverani muficians of 
London. The melody of the fourth 
song * The Female Auctioneer,’ fung 
by Mrs. Franklin, is, like the words, 
fomewhat too vulgar and common-place 
for any public orcheftre. ** Shepherd, 
tay, and do not leave me, fung by 
sain, is rather pleafing, though not re- 
tarkable for its novelty or livelinefs: 
and * The Fathionable Wife,’ which 
concludes the Colleétion, is a tolerable 
- but wants that force of character, 
aad happinefs of fancy, fo frequently to 
be found in the numerous productions of 
this Author. . 
Four 
The Victory of Fithguard, 
Mufic by di. Skeals. 15. 
a Song, fet to 
Gawler. 
The words of this finall compofition 
allude to the late defcent of the French 
in Wales. The mutic, which is meant 
te be given in the martial ftyle, poffetfes 
&. 
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fo little of the fpirit required, that the 
compofer of the words, we are con- 
vinced, was not amongft the valiant re- 
pellers of the attack. 
‘© My Jockey is a gentle Youth,” compofed by 
Mr. Rofs, Organift of St. Paul’s, Aberdeen. 
Is. f Longman and Broderip. 
Mr: Rofs, in this Ballad, has difplayed 
much tafte and fancy ; and the fimplicity 
peculiar to the mufic of the North, is the 
beautiful and conf{picuous characteriftic 
of the Air. 
Eight Sonatinas (principally compofed for Ju- 
venile§ Performers)  fele@ted from thofe 
celebrated Authors, Haydn, Kozeluch, and — 
Pleyel, by I. Haigh. 3s. Culliford and Ce. 
Mr. Haigh has feleéted thefe Sonatinas 
with tafte, and arranged them with judg- 
ment. They are perfeétly calculated to 
improve the juvenile praétitioner, an¢ 
are farther recommended by the addition 
of Preluces ; one of which, «compofed by 
the compiler of the Sonatinas, is pre- 
fixed to each piece. 
Talacey, an Indian Ballad, compofed by F- 
Sanderjon. 1s. - 2 f Riley 
Talacoy is-an-extremely pleafing bal- 
lad.- Its time is $ largo affetuofo. The 
opening of the melody is remarkably 
fimple and beautiful, and the feque! 
conduéted with great felicity of imagi- 
nation. ‘The Song is publithed in fcore, 
and fuch of the words as are purely In- 
dian have an Englifh tranflation. 
«© With martial Step the Soldiers come,” a bal- 
lad, compofed by Fohn Moulds. 1s. Goulding. 
_ Mr. Moulds has not been fo happy in 
in this little produétion as in many others 
which we have feen from his hand. The 
melody is tolerably fmooth, but wants 
ftrength of character. We muft not, 
however, deny him the praife due to the 
paffage ar ** Country boobies gape and 
ftare,”’ and the anfwer to it at ** Fancy 
caftles in the air,” which are admirably 
.expreflive of the words, and confidera. 
ble ornaments to the Song. : 
Ten Anthems for One, Two, Three, ang 
and Four Voices, with Inftrumental Parts, 
as performed at St. Paul’s cathedral, London, 
compofed by William Taylor, Swillington- 
Bridge,near Leeds, Yorkfhire. 128. Goulding, 
In Cathedral Mufic, we naturally ex- 
pect to find a greater difplay of, {cience 
than is generally required in lighter 
compofitions. This expeétation was, by 
no means, difappointed by Mr. Taylor’s 
prefent work. He is not always judi- 
cious in the arrangement of his parts, 
nor conftantly happy in the conception of 
his melodies ; yet, in the one, evident 
marks of theoretical education are dif- 
coyerable, 
