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tenor cliff inftead of the bafs ; as in ** Come, 
come, thou Goddefs”. <* Hide me from Day’s 
garifh Eye’ &c. &c. He has employed 
the treble and bais cliffs only ; but at the 
fame time has taken care to infert-the vio- 
Ja part (when below) in its true place. 
This is an arrangement never before 
adopted, and will be found generally 
ufeful. The accompaniments are ably 
deduced, and the bafles are correély 
figured, The fecond volume is fpeedily 
to appear ; and if it poilefles the various 
merits of the firft, it will compleat a 
highly defirable and very ufeful under- 
taking. 
Numbers 15 2, 3,4, 5 & 6, of §* Fefive Hare 
mony,” confiing of Madrigals, Motets, Evegtes, 
Glees, Ge. from the Works of the moft emi- 
nent Compofers; felec?ed by Mejsrs. Sale and 
Page, and dedicated to the Prefident and 
Members of the Glee-Ciub. 
This Work, the merits of which we 
have pledged ourf:lves to notice, is con- 
ducted in a ftyle that reflects great credit 
on the ingenuity, tafe and circumfpection 
of the felefturs. The matter is chofen 
and arranged with judgment. The en- 
graving is neat, and on the whole remark- 
able for its accuracy 3 while the paper is 
of excelient quality. Tie value and claf 
fical ftyle of the compofition with which 
this publication is fupplied will be anti- 
cipated by every ove who reads in the 
propofals, the names of C. Weflcy, Gio- 
van Ferretti, John Danby, Thomas 
Weeikes, Mr. Webbe, the Earl of Morn- 
ington, Dr. Cooke, Dr. Cattcott, and 
the late Mr. Jooataan Batt:fhill. Of the 
Jaft-mentioned gentleman, fevera] compo- 
politions are intreduced, to which the 
jovers of pure melody and rich feltive 
harmony will liten with great delight. 
They are feleted from manulcripis in the 
hands of Mr. Page, and form foine of the 
fineit evidences of the original genius and 
profound fci:nce of their author. This 
Work, we underftand, is to be comprized 
in fix Numbers ; and, judging by the con- 
tents of thofe which have already appear- 
ed, we venture little in afferting, that, 
when comovleted, it will form as excel- 
lent a collection of this fpecies of vocal 
compofition as is to be found in our Eng- 
lifh cata.ogues. 2 
‘¢ The Britifh Fleet,” an Opera, as performed with 
unbcunded applaufe at the Theatre Royal Covent 
Garden, Compofed by F. Brabam. 
“The mufic.of this Opera, though cer- 
tainly very unequal, is, in the aggregate, 
Review of New Mufical Publications. 
March 1,. 
worthy the talents from which it ema- 
naies. ~ The overture is not, perhaps, to 
be claffed with the be‘ter parts of the vo~ 
cal portion of the work; but fome of the 
airs are conceived with great tafte, and 
poffefs the quality of expreffion ina high de- 
gree. Of thefe the moft prominent are “Love 
and Glory,’ and ‘+ Lowely Kitty,” which, 
whatever they may owe of their good effcét 
on the beards to Mr. Braham’s extempo- 
raneous embellifhments, are in themfelves 
cha{te, appropriate, and melodious. We 
cannot, however, diflemble, that the lack 
of acquaintance with fome of the firft fe- 
crets of fine compofition is too often ap- 
par-nt 5; and that further ftudy of the laws 
of combination and harmonical evolution 
will be neccflary to render Mr, Braham’s 
compofitions equal to nis ftyle of vocifera- 
tion. Yet, it ts due to him to obierve, 
that, confidering how much of his time 
muft have neceflariiy been devoted to the 
cultivation of his vocal powers, his pres 
fent production poficfles much to be ad- 
mired, and ftrongly claims the fuffrages 
of the muficai pubiic. 
A Colle&ion of felected Meldies, harmonized 
for Voices, by Samuel Webte, Ejq. part of 
which have an Accompaniment fa the Piang~ 
Sorte. 
This Colle€tion, which is publifhed in 
Numbers, at two Shillings each, has been 
formed with that judgment for which the 
mufical world has fo long given Mr. 
Webbe full credit. The harmonization 
is ingenious, and the effect, fur the mot 
part, firikingly pleafing. The melodies 
in which Mr. Webbe has been the moft 
eminently fuccefsful are thefe of *¢ My 
mother bids me bind my hair,” from 
Haydn. ‘ The filver Moon's enamoured 
beams,” from Baitifhill, and ‘*O Nanny, 
wilt thou gang with me,” from Carter. 
The whole is arranged for three Voices 
(a bafs end two fopraros) ; and the Work, 
we doubt not, will prove highly accept- 
able to thofe who are attached to focia] 
harmony. 
A Grand Sonata for the Piano forte, Compofed 
and dedicated to Mijs. Letitia Williams, by _ 
F. H. Bartheleman. 4s. 
The epithet zagenious applies with par- 
ticular propriety to this Sonata. In the 
firft movement we find fome curioufly- 
conflruéted modulation, leading to a 
Fugue, which, though not ftriking in its 
fubjeét, is worked in a flyle which dif- 
covers great refeurces of mind in this 
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