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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. » 
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A Canto, consisting of. Ballads, Rounds, Glees, 
and a Reoundelay 3 Cavatinas, Canzoncttas, 
gastisionnes' Terxettos, and a Quartettino.' 
Composed by W. Shield, esq....12s, 
"ee variegated contents of this book 
serve to exhibit Mr. Shield in the 
two-fold character of melodist and aT 
mouist; and if they do not add to th 
distinguished feure he has long eae 
as a vocal composer, they are certainly 
calculated to support his well-earned 
fame, and will not fail to please those 
who are partial to the simple English 
strain, aided by natural and unlaboured 
harmonization. 
‘Phe poetry, from which Mr. 8. has, 
most laudably, been careful to weed 
every excepts otible expression, 1s select- - 
etl from a vuriety of authors, ancient and 
modern; and includes. many. rare and 
beautiful efforts of the Lyric Muse. Se- 
veral of the melodies are peculiarly sweet 
and highly expressive. The plan upon 
which the harmony is constructed will, 
perhaps, be best exnlained by the com- 
poser’s own words, as given in his prefa- 
tory advertisement. ‘‘ Some of the bal- 
lads, for three and four voices,” says he, 
“T ‘have arranged in such a manner as 
to give more inelody to the treble and 
bass than to the znner parts, that they may 
be occasionally sung as solos or duets. 
A scientific dispersion of harmony would 
assurediy have been more acceptable to 
learned musicians, but would not have 
been equally useful. and agreeabie to the 
generality of amateurs,” 
For the most part the terms, indica- 
tive of the intended time and expression, 
are given in plain English: but in more 
thian a few instances a multiplicity of 
words, borrowed from the Italian, are in- 
troduced: which, however, proper to the 
occasion, ‘will be new to the general eye, 
and often &nd the practitioner for ex- 
planation to Dr. Busby’ s MusicaL Dic- 
TIONARY. 
Three New Sonatas for the Piano-forte.. Com- 
posed and inscribed to Mr. Henry Rowles, by 
ZF. B. Cramer, esq... 8s. 
In these sonatas Mr. Cramer has in- 
troduced some favourite airs from the 
operas of Kais and False Alarms, includ- 
ing Braham’s son¢ of “ Said a Smile to a 
Tear,” with variations. The familiarity 
of. the style, and the popularity of the 
adopted meladies, aided by some con- 
spicuous, marks of the composer’s- free 
and fertile imagination, cannot but re- 
commend the work to the generality of 
practitioners. Many of the. passages, 
though brilliant in their effect, are not 
difficult of execution, and are calculated: 
to display the juvenile finger to great ad- 
vantage. 
The Maid of Sorrow, a Dialogue and Duet. 
Composed and dedicated to the Misses Harrisoty 
by Dr. ‘obe Clarke, Cambridze. - Qs. 6d... 
This. composition, the words of which 
are taken from Cons s Arabian Poetry, 
is intended for a soprano and tenor, 
The melody is happily conceived, and 
the effect of the combination bespeaks 
much science and thinking. Wath the arts 
ful use Dr. Clarke has occasionally made 
of the passages in the duet, we are greatly 
pleased: the parts play into each other 
very fancifully, and. evince much faeility 
in this species of composition. 
A Duet for Tzvo Performers, on the Piano fortes 
Composed and dedicated to Miss Gordon, “4 
Toba Ross, 59. of Aberdeen. “As. 
This duet, in which Mr. Ross has in- 
troduced for subjects of the slow and . 
last mevements, Scottish airs, is artifi- 
cially constructed, and displays much ine 
genuity, as weil.as a respectable portion 
of science. The parts blend witli, and 
relieve, each other in a superior style, 
and lend to the author’s ideas a power of 
lpression only to be derived from ex- © 
perience and matured judgment, 
Tre Voci. Compestie dedicati a 
Sei Notturni, a 
sua Maesta La Regina di Baviera, da C. 
Cannsabich. 6s. 
Signor Cannabich has given in these 
No tlurni a pleasing specimen of his taste 
as a vocal composer. Without affecting 
to display any extraordinary science, he 
has thrown together melodies, which com- 
bine with grace, and argue more of Know- 
ledge and contrivance than meet the 
ear. In a word, the familiar and at- 
tractive style of the work, taken im a ge- 
neral view, will not fail to recommend it 
to the attention of all vocal performers of 
taste. - 
“0 don’t j 
Daguacns for the ‘Piaae: -fortes 
Dé. Virtue. Z 
The words of this song, 
written by “a soldier ‘on embarking for 
South America,” are tender and atiect- 
ing; and Mr. Virtue, in his melody, has 
not swerved from the style of his Poe 
nor negroes the ‘enforcement of + his 
. - sentiment. 
forget ‘me,”” a Song with an Accom- 
are by 
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