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plicity with which this melody is conceiv- 
ed. Every bar is pleafing, and the whole 
poflefles the merit of appearing to have 
been dictated by the fubjeé&t and ftyle of 
the poetry. We recommend this little 
fong to the notice of thofe vocal praéti- 
tioners who are defirous of producing 
much effect with little effort. 
Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with an At- 
comipaniment for a Flute or Violin ( ad libitum); 
Cempofed and infcribed to Mrs. Burncy by F. 
“  Fifira. 7s. 6d, 
Mr. Fifira has evinced confiderable 
tafte and ingenuity in thefe fonatas. The 
movements are conceived in a free and 
florid fiyle, and are oppofed to tach other 
“with much judgment. As exercifes for 
thofe who have already made fome pro- 
grefs, we cannot but flrongly recommend 
them. They will be found as improving 
as pleafing ; and as worthy the attention 
of the refined as of the lefs cultivated 
ear. 
“ The Infant of Pity,” a Ballad Compofed and 
refpctifully inferibed to Mifs Campbell, by R. 
Light, jute 15 
This ballad, the words of which are 
written by Mifs Sarah Carter, of Scarbo- 
rough, is pleafing, and expreflive in its 
melody ; and while it does credit to the 
Jancy of the compofer,. befpeaks a degree 
of fcience rarely found in this flight 
{pecies of compofition. ; 
“© Non Nobis Domine’? a celebrated Canon, 
Compo ed by William Bird. &d. 
This juftly-admired canon, which has 
fiood the teft of mere than two centuries, 
and naw forms the vocal grace after every 
public dinner, is accurately publifhed by 
Mr Page of St Paul’s, in the convenient 
compals of a fmall card, the may be teken 
in the waifcoat pocket, without the leaft 
inaccommedation to the bearer. 
‘* Szeeet is the Woodbine’s fragrant Twine,” a 
favourite Song 5 Compofed by Sir Fobn Ste- 
venfer, Muf. Dac. 15. 
Sir John Stevenfon has exhibited fo much 
real tatie and pleafingnefs of fancy in this 
vocal trifle, chat we ven.ure littie in pre- 
{aging its favourable reception with the 
lovers of eafy, natural, and flowing me- 
Jody. We muft, huwever, notice the over- 
fight of a falfe accent in the fifth bar of 
this tong, where an.emphafis is given to 
the article the, which fhould have teen al- 
lotted to the adje€tive rife, and which, 
while it deftroys the metre of the poetry, 
. @sDiitates and prevents the expreflion, 
Review of New Mufical Publications. 
(Dee. I, 
‘© Turn to me, Love,” a faveutite Canzonet, fung 
by Mrs. Phillips, at the Private Concerts in 
London. The words by Thomas Moore, Efq. 
Dedicated to Madame Bianchi, and compofed - 
by Sir Fobn Stevenfon, Muf. Doc. 1s. 
This is a tender and affecting little 
ballad, the paflages of which are cons 
ceived with much eafe arid {weetnefe. 
The fentiments of the words are jaftly 
given, and a clofe conneétion of idea is 
preferved throughout, 
“ The Flower-Girl’s Cry,” Written by Mifs 
Caroline Symmons, and the Mufic compofed by 
Waifs Harriet Hague. 1. 
This izfantile production (for the ages 
of the poetefs and mufician,added together, 
we are told, amount but to twenty-two 
years) greatly exceeds what we fhould 
have expected from two fuch young au- 
thorefles. The words are written with 
eafe, and not without poetic fpirit, while 
‘the mufic befpeaks more theoretical know- 
ledge, and a better cultivated fancy, than, 
perhaps, we have ever witneffed in fo juve- 
nile an effort. 
«6 ApeShenkin,” a new National Song for the 
__Prano-forte. The Words and Mufic by Fa 
Parry. 1s. 
The poetry and mufic of this little 
ballad are fo far above mediocrity, as to 
induce wus to hope that its fale will en- 
courage Mr. Parry to future efforts of 
the fame kind. The air is fimple and 
familiar, and the words are at once na- 
tional and loyal. 
As lovers of ‘ the concord of fweet 
founds,” we have witnefled with pleafure 
the gradual improvement of mutfical ins 
ftruments, efpecially that of the piano- 
forte ; and we have long been in the habit : 
of attaching high credit to the names of 
Stoddart, Broadwood, Tomkifon, Rolfe, 
and Clementi and Co. But fince our 
laft, the houfe of the latter has exhibited, 
in a new piano-forte, a proof of the poili- 
bility of preducing from that fpecies of 
inftrument a power and mellifluence of 
tone which we confefs we never expected 
to find within its compas. The twang 
of the wire is completely fubdued, and 
every key feems to actuate a bell rather 
than @ firing ; while the effect throughout 
the whe'e icale is as fonorous as it is iweet, 
and as ecual as rich and interefting. Its 
indifputable fuperiority over every other 
inftrument of the kind feems to prove a 
new advance in the art of piano-forte 
making, and to form an era in the hil- 
tory of mufical inftruments. This infru- 
ment, to which we allude, is vertical, un= 
commonly fuperb tn its café, and has been 
purchafed, by Dr. Bufby, tor x60 guineas. 
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