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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Number IV. of Voluntaries for the Organ, com- 
. pofed by S. Wefley, Eg. 25. ; 
J Mectee as we are with Mr. Samuel 
Wrefley’s charafter asa mu/ician({peak - 
ing in the highelt fenfe of the term), we 
cannot but be pleafed to find that his de- 
fign to furnifh-the organifts of this coun- 
try with a fuite of Voluntaries in the ftyle 
of his own unrivalled extemporary per- 
formances is fo far encouraged as to de- 
termine him to proceed in the execution 
of his original intention. The prefent 
Voluntary is comprifed in three move- 
ments, in the fecond of which the com- 
_pofer affumes for his fubject that of Bird's 
celebrated canon, ** Non nobis, Domine,’” 
on which he expatiates through more than 
120 bars, with a freedom and an inge- 
nuity that throws an air of perfeét no- 
velty over the whole movement, and ren- 
ders it quite his own. The introductory 
-and concluding movements are alfo ex- 
cellent in their kind ; and the whole forms 
“an organical compofition of a defcription 
worthy the long-acknowledged talents and 
{cience by which it is produced. 
A New Tutor for the Violin, in wwhich is introdu- 
ced principal Rulesand Rudimentsof Music. A Set 
of ProgreffiveExamples and Six Capricios, from 
the mofi familiar to the wiof? difficult paffages. 
Compofed by F. H. Bartheleman, for the im- 
| provement of the Lowers of that Inftrument. 
Ss. 
Mr. Bartheleman, after a page anda 
half of prefatory matter, enters on the di- 
da&tic part of his work, by fhewing the 
{cientific method of finding the key in 
‘ which any piece of mufic is compofed. 
He then gives examples of the, various 
graces, after which he explains the Ita- 
lian words and expreffions moft frequently 
made ufe of in mufic. We are then pre. 
fented with the gamut of femitones in 
naturals and fharps, and naturals and 
flats, and the different fhifts of the inftru- 
ment. ‘The time is next explained, from 
which he proceeds to praétical examples 
_ of bowing, and a variety of preludes and 
capricios, greatly calculated both to pleafe 
and improve the juvenile praétioner. Mr, 
Bartheleman‘s ‘* New Tutor,’ forms, on 
the whole, a work which we are juftified 
in ftrongly recommending to the atten-~ 
* tion of thofe who with to facilitate their 
progrefs on thé violin. 
7. 
¢ The Nightingale,” A New Song. The words 
by “Faimes Fifer, of the Society of the Inner 
Temple. The mufic by Mr. Yates, late of 
the Choir of Wefiminjter. 
We trace in this Ballad fome little {cin- 
tillations of genius; but evident marks of 
the want of experience, and the confequent 
abfence of judgment, appear in fevera} 
places ; among thefe the fale accents are 
not the leaft confpicuous. In the line 
*¢ With heart and with hand that chorus 
we'll join,” the emphafis thrown on the 
prepofition ath betrays a negligence 
(or ignorance) for which we cannot eafily 
account. , 
The favourite Song of the ¢* Welfp Harper,* 
Compofed by Theodore Suirh, Eq. Arranged 
as a Rondo for the Piano-forte, by I. S.- Pieles 
Es. Gd. 
Our mufical readets wil] reeolle& ja 
what handfome terms we found ourfelves 
jufified in fpeaking of Mr. Smitk’s 
‘* Welth Harper,” in a former Number ° 
of our Magazine, Mr. Picle has treated ~ 
this eligible fubje€t with much fuccefs ; 
his variations are eafy, finsple, wrell-ar- 
ranged for the band, and ealculated as 
well to pleafe as to improve the praéti- 
tioner on the infrument for which they 
are intended. 
6 The Beggar Girl,” a favourate Airs arrane 
ged and waried for the Piano-forte, by S. F. 
Rimbault. is - 
‘© The Beggar Girl,” by Mr. Rim- 
-bault’s fancy and ingenuity, has been ren- 
dered the ground-work of an excellent 
exercife for the piano-forte. Thefe varia- 
tions are feven in number, and without 
too-much diverging from that point, round 
which the imagination ought, in efforts of 
this kind, to play freely, but-in a limited 
circle, poflefs much pleafing variety. 
The idea adopted in the laf variation of 
giving the thema in common-time, is par- 
ticularly happy, and clofes the produétiog. 
_with.an engaging and ftriking effect. 
« The Difoanded Soldier,” a favourite Song, 
written by Fohn Button, jun. and fet to mujie 
by ‘Ffames Nicholfon. 15. sie 
The wards of this Song are creditable 
to the humanity, as well as to the poetical 
talents, of the author ; but the mufic pof- 
feffes no particular claims to our com- 
at car mendation, 
