1801.] 
I. Firft prize, to Jofeph Charles Marin, a 
native of Paris, aged 37 years, a pupil of Ci- 
tizen Claudion. 
Il. To Dominic Aimé Milhommie, horn at 
Valenciennes, aged 35 years, pupil of Al- 
legrin. 
Second prize, toJofeph Alvarez, a native of 
Cordova, in Andalufia, aged 27, a penfioner of 
the King of Spain, and pupil of Citizen 
Dejeux: 
ARCHITECTURE, 
The fubje&t of this prize, was $* A Forum 
or Public Place, dedicated to Peace,, and de-~ 
corated with a triumphal arch to the glory 
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of the French armies,and with two palaces;’? 
one for the Minifter of War, the other for the 
Minitter for Foreign Affairs. 
Firft prize, Augufte Pierre Sainte Marie 
Famin, of Paris, aged 24, pupil of Citizen 
Percier, ae 
Second prize, Jean Baptifte Dideban, of 
Paris, aged 20, pupil of Citizens Vaudoyer 
and Percier. 
The pupils who gain the firft prize, will be 
fent tothe French Academy of Fine Arts, at 
Pope, there to continue their ftudies at the 
Chiushe oy. ye Republic, . 
IRE IT 
REVIEW OF NEW MUS 
ICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
ee i 
Five Songs from the celebrated Opera of Arta- 
, xerxes, with ali the Variations and Graces in= 
troduced by Mrs, Billington, at, the Theatres 
Reyal Drury-lane and Covent-garden. To 
which is added, a Piano-forte Accompaniment y 
new!y arranged from the original Score, by 
Dr. Bufby. 43. Rolfe. 
VT HIS collection confifts of ‘ Adieu 
thou lovely Youth’—-“If o’er the 
cruel Tyrant, Love’’—‘* Monfter, away”’ 
—‘¢ Let not Rage thy Bofom firing’’—and, 
6¢ The Soldier tir’d of War’s Alarms.”’ 
The novel as well as arduous tafk of 
committing to memory, and rendering 
permanent, the fleeting and evanefcent . 
founds of extemporaneous embellifliment, 
particularly excited our curiofity and at 
tention, and we were not a little furprized 
to find on paper, all thofe beautiful apo- 
giatures, femi-tones, turns, and rapid flights, 
which we had heard before, but which 
we thought, like the tranfient {cintilla- 
tions of a feu d’ariyice, had been lof in 
air. 
Admirers as we profefs ourfelves to 
be of the fweet, and modeft fimplicity of 
Axrne’s native and original text, yet we 
cannot but highiy commend many of thefe 
elegant and charatteriftic, though. exotic, 
“ornaments; and we are glad to find that 
we were deceived in fuppofing them too 
intricate and fleeting for {cientific reten- 
tion. : 
Among the moft ftriking of thefe ex- 
tempore beauties are, thofe in ‘‘ Let not 
Rage,”’—and in * The Soldier tir’d :”— 
In the variations in the repetition of the 
laft divifion of the latter air, the voice 
rifing by fixths inftead of thirds, produces 
2 fine relief, and befpeaks much theoreti- 
ral knowledge, as well as a glowing and 
inventive imagination in the performer. 
Dr. Butby, by giving permanency to 
thefe rare examples of high and finifhed 
execution, has furnifhed, to vocal practi- 
tioners a kind of guida melodia. Indeed, 
fo perfe&tly calculated is it to improve and 
fix the general tafte, that we hope he will 
oblige the mufical world with fimilar pub- 
lications from the Duenna, and other 
operas in which Mrs. Billington may here- 
after appear. 
The Review ; or, Wags of Windfor: A Comic 
Opera, performed at the Theatre Royal Hay- | 
market. The Words by George Colman, 
jg. The Mufic compofed by Dr. Arnold. 
gs. Caulfield. 
We find in the Review much of that 
eafy pleafant ftyle of compofition by which 
Dr. Arnold’s produétions ace generally 
diftinguithed. In the overture, confifting 
of three movements, we meet with a ga- 
qwolte, written for the baffoon and hautboy 
alternately, the ftyle of which is fimple, 
natural, and perfectly fuited to the, cha- 
raéters of thofe inftruments. Among the 
airs, the moft prominently pleafing are, 
«¢ The poor little Gypfey,”” the ‘plaintive 
melody of which is fo engaging and per- 
fuafive, as to oblige us to attend to “ The 
leffon fhe gives in her. ftrain.’*—Andy, 
« Will my Love contented be,””. a cheer- 
ful pleafing little compofition, The duo 
and chorus ‘¢ When the Lark in A®ther 
finging 5°” the glee ** Bacchus and Apol- 
lo,’? the marches, and the finale alfo, con- 
tribute to the general good character of 
the piece, and merit our honourable notice. 
Three Union Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with 
an Accompaniment for a Vi iolin and Violoncello 
Obligato, in which are introduced feveral Na- 
tional Airs peculiar to each Country, compofed 
by Sig. Rampini, 85. Lavenu. 
Thefe fonatas, in which aré introduced 
Dr..Arne’s charming litte air of “ Sweeteft 
of 
