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have collated many of the pieces with the 
old copies, and cannot but exprefs our 
pleafure that fo arduous a tafk fhould fall 
intofuch able hands; nor ought we to 
‘ withold the praife due to Mr. Clementi, 
for the juftice he has done to the fame of 
thefe great mafters, and the acceptable 
fervice he has rendered the lovers of one of 
the nobleft and mot learned fpecies of 
inftrumental compolitioa. ‘This work 
will be found highly ufeful and improving 
to piano-forfe practitioners ; and certainly 
no organ performer ought to be without 
it. Fhe Editor has not yet announced a 
third volume, but'we hope the prefent is 
not to terminate the publication. 
Three Scnatas for the Piano-forte, compofed and 
dedicated to Mr. Clementi, by bis Pupil Fobn 
Field. 
The fprightly dawning talent difcover- 
able in’ moft of the movements of this in- 
genious work, claims at once our applaufe 
and prote@lion. ‘Though in the produc- 
tions of fo young a compoferas Mr. Field, 
there fhould be found fome ideas a little 
crude; and paflages not perfettiy digefted, 
yet if fuch trifling defeéts are over-balanced 
by a genéral vivacity, and even brilliancy, 
of conception, an adroitnefs of modula- 
tion, a familiar acquaintance with the 
bearings, conneStions, and dependencies 
of all the different keys, and a knowledge 
of harmony much beyond his years, thofe 
who know the rarity. of thele requifites, 
and the difficulty of good compoiition, 
wil! readily, allow Mr. Field’s claims to 
their commendation, and join with us in 
attributing to Mr. Clementi a great por- 
tion of praife as his tutor, Indeed this 
eminent. mafter appears to have taken as 
much pains in cultivating the mind as the 
juger of “his pupil: and from this firft 
‘work of Mr. Field, we may venture-to 
augur, thathis rifing excellencies will foon 
plete him im the higheft. form of piano- 
forte compofers. 
Twelve Canzonetts for the Voice and Piano-forte, 
and a Song for a Military Bend, written by 
the late Duke of Leeds. Compifed and dedi- 
cated to the prefent Duke of Leeds, by Ed- 
avard Miller, JM. D. J 
Though we cannot give to thefe canzo- 
petts Sur unqualified commendation, we 
muft fay that Dr, Miller has,’ in-fome of 
them, exhibited fpecimens of confiderable 
tafte and fancy. It is true that in thele 
very qualities we find them extremely 
unequal, and in fome meet with ruftic and 
antiquated paflages Jittle worthy the com- 
pofer of the fecond, the filth, ninth, cle- 
yt 
huidy 
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venth, -and twelfth canzonetts; which are 
diftinguifhed by their grace and elegance 
of fiyie, and afford ftriking proofs of a 
tafte both natural and refined. 
Six Divertifemeats for the Piano-forte, in which 
~are introduced a Variety of. popular Airs, com= 
pojed and refpetifully infcribed to Mifs Thur- 
low, by F, Relfe. 
Thefe divertifements, the principal paf- 
fages of which are fingered for the affiftance 
of young performers, difplay much plea-- 
fingnefs of fancy, and are in fome piaces 
even ftrikingly pretty; but the bafs and 
general conitruction is not altogether equal 
to what other productions frem the fame 
ingenious pen had taught us. to expect. 
Towards the clofe of the fir movement 
of the fir divertimento, we find two pal- 
pable confecutive fifths between the bafs 
and the inner part, which, however, we 
only notice as a xegligence. ‘The pieces, 
-taken in the aggregate, poflefs confider- 
able claims to our commendation, and 
willbe found highly ufeful to that clais of 
prattitioners who are not yet advanced ta 
the execution cf difficult mufic, and whofe 
chief objeéts are to amufe the unlearned 
hearer, and improve their own finger. 
$< Ob, Lady Fair ! A Ballad for Three Voices. 
Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte 
Rawaon. The Words and Mufic by Thomas 
Moore, E/9. 
The words of this ballad are written in 
a fimple unaffected flyle, and the mufic, 
though it bears evident marks of the ama- 
iéur, is natural, eafy, and by no means 
unexpreflive. ‘The tlory is carried on in 
dialogue, and the dramatis perfone, if we 
may fo exprefs ourlelves, is well preferved 
in the difribution of the melody among 
the feveral voices, which are uitimately 
blended in the harmonization of the air, 
and by which an effect is produced highly 
advantageous to the compofition. 
A Scnata for the Piano-forte (in which is intro- 
duced the favourite Scots Air of * Wilt thou 
be my Deary,” for the SubjeG of the 
Rondo) Compofed by T. He Butler. 
Mr. Butler has acquitted himfelf with 
much-addreis in this jonata. The paflages 
of the firft movement, though not remark- 
able for their novelty, are pleafing and 
connected, and the rondo is worked -with 
confidcrable tafte and fkill. The whoie 
forms a geod exercife for the piano-forte, 
and will, we do not doubt, be in requeit 
with the young practitioners on that in- 
{ftrument. ; 
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