"I wish to tune my quivering lyre;" a Glee for
Four Voices. By T. F. WALMISLEY.
This ought to be a very popular glee. Mr. WALMISLEY is well known as a labourer in this delightful school ; and if his glees have not claimed the public attention so much as some others of his contempo- raries, it is certainly not owing to any want of intrinsic excellence. In his " Ode to Anacreon," of which various versions have been set to music by different composers, the author has distanced, all his cornpe- titors (we except not the" Sweet Muse" of ARNE), and succeeded in combining all the requisites to render a glee attractive. No glee society in the kingdom ought to be without it. If our judgment is disputed, we request the objector to seize the first opportunity of hearing it, espe- cially if HORNCASTLE or VAUGHAN sing the first tenor; and we think his conversion is certain.
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