[Sept. f, 
REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
Ualrese Mfelodies, or National Airs and Dances, 
never before published; to which are added 
basses for the Harp or Piano-Forte. ~ Dedi- 
eated ta Miss Willan, by Edward. Jones, 
Harp-master and Bard ‘to bis Royal H.ghuess 
the Prince of Wales. -7s. 6d. ; 
FENO these Maltese melodies, which are 
usualiy performed by the Maltese 
musicians at their carnival, and other 
festivals, Mr. Jones has added a few 
characteristic Italian, airs and songs, as 
also a selection of Norwegian -tunes, the 
whole of which form a neat pocket vo- 
lume. Many of the airs are of a cha- 
racter as distinct as they are pleasing; 
znd the whole forms a collection so 
purely national, rare, and valuabie, as to 
render the public indebted to Mr. Jones, 
for his taste in selecting, and industry in 
publishing, a work so much calculated to 
gratify ingenious and scientific curiosity. 
Wumbers Eight and Nine of §* Recreation.” 
1s. 6d. each. 
These two numbers, the first of which 
eontaims the French air “ J’ai vu Lise 
hier au soir,” keep pace, in pomt of ge- 
neral attraction, with the former parts of 
the work. The movements are conceived 
with taste and worked with skill, and the 
eloquence of some passages is well re- 
heved by the boldness and brilliancy of 
others. We believe the plan of this pub- 
Tication will limit it to tweive numbers. 
Should the remaiping three equal those 
which have aifeady appeared, the whole 
will form a handsome volume of highly 
pleasing and useful piano-forte music. 
‘Ecpe. Selected from Essex’s Op. 8.  Cuinposed 
for and Inscribed to the Laaies at Wiuichester 
House, by T. Essex. 1s. 64. 
The melody of this song.is remarkably 
easy, and natural in its cast: we, how- 
ever, Cabnot profess ourselves satisfied in 
every instatice, with the accent. At 
the avords ‘‘Tfope sets lin free,” in the 
third line of the second page, Mr. Essex 
has heen, we must be allowed to say, tuo 
negligent in this particular, and thereby 
admitted a considerable draw-back on 
the general merit of his composition. 
A Medley Divertimento, for the Pians-forte. 
Selected and composed by F. Mazainghi, 
Esq. 1s. 
Mr. Mazzinghi, in this Divertimento, 
has afforded the hearer sufficient variety, 
without violating that concordance, or 
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colnection of ideas, which should ever 
be preserved in regular and original com- 
position, and should not be neglected 
even in the medley. The series of airs is 
fonmed sith taste, and from well-selected 
parts vesults a graceful and engaging 
whole. ; e 
6 Gome Fock, Sweet Fockey.”” Sung by Mrs. 
Bland, at Vauxhall Gardens. Composed by 
€ Fe Hook, Esq. “FS. 
_ A pleasant, light, country cast of air 
pervades this song, and gives it a charac~ 
ter at once striking and attractive. . 
The Scotch style is well preserved 
throughout, amd though we bear passages 
that our great erandfathers were not unac- 
quainted with, yet by the novelty of their 
succession, a modern effect is produced, 
and the new assemblage tempts us to for- 
get the age of the materials. 
‘© Cupid refusing Love,” a Sonata for the Pianse 
forte. Composed and dedicated to Lieutenant 
* Colonel Egerton, by DomenicoBriscoli, Eonsposer 
and Director of Music to the Louth Regiment, 
of the Royal College of Pieta de Torckini of 
Naples. 3s. 
This sonata, a copy of which has 
reached us from the house of Goulding 
and Co. Dublin, comprizes a pleasing 
variety of movements. With the rondo, 
“« Love United,” we have been much gra- 
tified. The ideas are appropriate and 
connected, and the general effect be- 
speaks genius aided by judgment. 
‘¢ Ab! Within my Bosom Beating,” a favourite 
Song. The Words by Mrs. Robinson. The 
Music by G. G. Ferrari, Esq. 1s. 6d. 
Mr. Ferrari has thrown much taste and 
mterest into this little air. The passages, 
though not remarkably nevel, are new im 
their succession, and produce an almost. — 
original effect. The expression is parti- 
cularly happy, and the easy graceful turn 
of the ideas will not fail to please every 
cultivated ear. 
‘6 The Squeeze of the Hand,” sung with un- 
bounded applause by Mrs. Bland, at Vauss- 
ball Gardens. Composed by F. Haok, Es3. 
/ The Words by Mr. L. Button. 1s. 
The melody of this ballad is free and 
piayful, and well expresses the sense of 
the words. The passages are accommo- 
dated to the general compass of the 
female voice, and are too familiar in 
their style not to be found easy of ac- 
quisitlon, a 
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