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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
vZbree Figures and nine Voluntaries for the Or- 
gan or Piano-forte, inter/perfed with feveral 
Interludes, by various Authors. The Figures 
and mof of the Voluntaries originally compofed 
by the late Fobn Erneft Eberlin, Organift 
at Saltsbourg. The whole arranged with 
Jfome additions and alterations for the Ufe of 
Organifis and Praétitioners in general, and 
relpe Bfully infcribed to Doéter Bufby, by Fo- 
Jeph Diettenbofer. 7s. 6d. 
Goulding, Phipps, and D’ Almaine. 
HE prefent publication is the coun- 
terpart of one arranged from the fame 
authar, and publifhed fome time fince, by 
Mr. Diettenhofer. Of that firft part our 
mufical readers will remember that we 
{poke i in high terms; the fecond part is, 
in every refpeét, equally woithy of the 
ingenious and {cientific Eberlin, and in 
its arrangement does much Credit te 
the tafte and judgment of the editor. 
The fubjeéts of the figures are in ge- 
neral truly original, very ingenioufly fan- 
cied, and worked with a fkill only found 
in the really great mafiers The Volun- 
taries are clofely conftruéted, and the 
Interludes are written with tafte, Eber- 
lin’s ftyle, to ufe the words of the editor, 
in his advertifement prefixed to the work, 
may be regarded ‘as a true {pecimen Be 
organ compolitions and organ eee 
ances, (efpecially as practiied in Ger- 
many), and exhibits a ftrong likenels. 
of Handel’s figures and extemporary vo- 
luntaries. 
Of the firft part of this claffical publi 
cation, a fecond edition is already an- 
nounced, and we do not hefitate to pre- 
dict that the prefent will have an equally 
rapid fale. 
Al new and compete Precepior for the Clarinet, 
containing a frort and eufy Treatife on lifufic, 
the Art of acquiring a fine tone, including 
forty-two Leffons on the relative Notes, pecu- 
liar to the Clarinet; on the Chalumeau and 
Panueriae the Infirument; on counting the 
Time, Oc. by obi Malan tos: bat 
Goulding, Phipps, and D? Almaine. 
After perefing the -prefent publica, 
tion with that fedulous attention which 
didaSic works of this magnitude de- _ 
maad, we can have the pleature to an- 
noutice it to praétitioners on the inftru- 
ment, for the cultivation of which it is 
written, as» containing an elaborate and 
well digeited feries of inftruétions, pro- 
greflively difpoied and clearly laid down, 
and which, if duly ftudied, cannot fail 
to produce a correét and comprehenfive 
idea of the charaéters and powers of the 
clarinet, and a rapid advance in its 
practice and execution. 
The author opens his preceptive mat- 
ter with a view of the nature and capa- 
city of this attractive inftrument, and 
then proceeds to the managemeiit BF the 
mouth or embouchure, explaining the 
method of acqviring a firmnefs in the 
lips, and a proper government of the 
reed, which, he jutily oblervés, is the 
Fsuiidanion of a Bod tone, 
Atier fome uleful and judicious in- 
ftructions refpecting the pofition of the 
arms and head, we find fome remarks fo 
iihufty ative of the beff method of acquiring 
a free and juft flyle of performance, that 
we canst do better than extraét the tenfe 
ef them. ‘Tne great beauty of the 
‘clarinet, (‘ays Mr. Maton,) confilts ina 
fine mellow tone, and a judicious expref- 
fion, to acquire which the praétiiioner 
fhould not attempt too foon to move the 
finger rapicly, but, on the contrary, 
‘fhould vlay the gamut, fwelling and ai- 
minifhing the notes, till the tone becomes 
fteady avd confirmed. He may thus 
proceed to the practi ce of tuch of the 
favourite pen ch airs, as are adapted to 
the clarinet.’ j 
In the body of the work we find the 
{cale and a drawing of the inftrument, 
the dotrine of time, an explanation of 
the words commonly ufed in mafic, an 
afcending and defcending-feries of {wel- 
ling notes, /epas tor the chalumeau and 
clarinet notes, and a !cale of the carno 
bafetia, with a drawing of the infru- 
ment. The practitioner is alfo furnithed 
with twelve eafy leffons tor two clarinets ; 
twelve favorite airs, teleéted from the 
bef Scottith, Inifh, and French muiic, 
adapted for two clarinets; eight exerciles 
for acquiring neat execuiion, from coz- 
certanti duetto, and a variety of caq- 
denzas or preludes in different keys. 
Fournal de Mufique por les Dames; or, Ele- 
gant Seletlions, comprifing the moj? Fantorite 
Compofitions of Hiapdn, Mozart, Pleyel, Gc. 
arrenged for the Piano force and Harpy. In 
two Volumes folio. Volume 1. Gost ‘a 
Rolfe, 
The firft volume of this work, which 
now lays before us, contains uxty-tour 
pages, and exiibits an exteaiive and re- 
{peétable catalogue of vocal and inftru- 
mental mufic, Amongtt nearly thirty ar=- 
Us ticles 
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