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REVIEW OF THE NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
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Seven Fugues and one Voluntary for the Organ or 
Piano-forte, originally compofed by the late 
Fobn Erneft Eberlin, Organift at Sal'zbourg , 
in Germany, in five different Chffs, and now 
reduced, with fome Alterations, into the Bafs 
and Treble Cliffs only. By Fojeph Diettenbofer. 
Goulding, Phipps, and D’ Almaine. 
R.Diettenhofer, in the advertifement 
prefixed to this work, tells us that 
the colleéticn forms about one half of the 
original German publication, and that 
there are eight voluntaries and three fu- 
- gues, by the fame author, ftill unpublifhed 
in England. We have examined them 
with that clofenefs neceffary to thé forming 
a juft opinion of mufic of this fpecies, and 
are pleafed to be able to pronounce them 
equal to any thing of the kind brought 
forward in this country, fince the appear- 
ance of Handel’s fugues. The fubjects, 
though not of that ftriking, open and 
powerful caft which we admire in mufic 
of this defcription, are judicioufly formed, 
and worked with a judgment and degree 
of fcience rarely found in modern com- 
pofers. We cannot but recommend this 
work to the notice of all organifts and 
overs of organ mufic, to whom it-will be 
found highly gratifying and particularly 
ufeful. 
iVo. ITI. of the Monthly Mufical ‘fournal, 
conjifting of Original Britifh and New. Foreign 
Mufic, Vocal and Inflrumental. Conducted by 
Dr. Bufby. Podillips. 
The contents of the prefent Number of 
this excellent and fingwlar work are equal- 
ly attra&tive with thofe of the firft.and fe- 
cond Numbers, and evince, by their ele- 
gance, novelty and variety, the abundance 
of refource from which they are drawn, as 
well as the tafte which dire&ts their felec- 
tion. Hoffmeifter’s Overture to Rofaiind, 
as here given, forms a highly charming, 
as well as a moft improving piano-forte 
leflon; and the fongs in general, but 
e{pecially thofe of Haydn; from his Crea- 
tion; ** When fir, O Zelinda,’’ by Dr. 
Arnold ; and ‘* Tho’ winter blaft the 
weeping year,’ by Dr. Bufby ; as alfo 
Dr. Calcott’s Glee for three Voices, are 
truly beautiful melodies, and cannot fail 
to extend the fale of the publication, and 
raife it {till higher in the public opinion. 
Al Penitential Anthem for bis Mayjeliy’s Recovery, 
as performed.at Trinity and St. Fobn’s College 
Chapeis, Cambridge. Compofed and refpec fully 
dedicated ta the Rev. Dr, Manfel, Mafter of 
Lrinity College, by Dr. Clarke. 55. 
Brederip and Wilkinfon. 
After perufing this anthem with a fe- 
dulous attention, we are enabled to fpeak 
of it in terms of high commendation. 
The points are every where purfued with 
confiderable fkill, and the melody and ex- 
preflion are fuperior to what we find in 
moft modern productions of the church. 
It is comprifed in fix movements, which 
are contrafted as much as the fubje&t of 
the anthem.would admit ; 4nd the ftyle of 
which, in the points of fcience and inge- 
nious difpofition, at once befpeak the man 
of tafte and the real matter. 
A Duet for a Piano-forte and Harp, or two 
Piano-fortes, in which is imtroduced a cele= 
brated Air, from the Ballet of Conftante ct 
Alcidonis. Compofed and Dedicated 10 Mr. 
Fobn Weyland, by Maria Heffer Park.  5., 
Birchall. 
This duet is confttru&ted with confiderable 
contrivanceand ingenuity, and the paflages, 
generally fpeaking, lie well for the hand. 
If we do not. find in them any prominent 
features of original genius, we muft yet al- 
low them to poffefs much delicacy of tafte, 
and to be formed after fome of the beft 
models in this fpecies of compofition. 
The paris, in fome places, reply to each 
other with confiderable force of effect, and 
the harmony is modulated with a pro- 
priety which evinces a cultivated judg- 
ment, and a correét idea of confiftencys 
connection and theoretical decorum. 
Three Sonatas for the Piano- forte, with or with- 
out additional Keys. Compsfed and dedicated 
to Mr. Herman Lubbert, of Hambro’, by bis 
Friend 7. L. Duffek. 8s. es 
Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard and Davis. 
Thefe fonatas are written with great” 
art and elegance; the movements are in 
general finely contrafted, and the paflages 
are moft commodioufly difpofed for the 
finger. The opening cantabile in the firft 
piece is imple, yet polifhed, and the fub- 
ject of the concluding rondo is novel and ’ 
attractive. The firt movement of the fe- 
cond fonata is mafterly in its conftruétion, 
and the middle movement of the third is 
beautiful in its fubjeét, and highly artz- 
ficial in its digreffions. Confidered in the 
aggregate, thele fonatas may be ranked 
- with the firft produétions of the day ; and 
will be allowed by al! real judges to be 
every way worthy of the talents by which 
they are produced. We have, however, 
our doubts whether fome of the’! move- 
ments may not be rather too prolix. 
A Glee for Four Voices, as performed at the 
Harmonifis. Compofed and Infcribed to bis 
Friend R. F. S. Stevens, by Thomas Aitwood. 
2s. 6d. Goulding and Co. 
Mr. Attwood has, in his prefent effort, 
evinced all that ingenuity, judgment and 
{cience for which we have long fince given, 
him credit. The melody is happily con" © 
ceived, and the parts are adjufted with the. 
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