13 JANUARY 1877, Page 26

Cradle Song, for the pianoforte. By Walter Macfarren. (Novelle, Ewer,

and Co.)—Mr. Macfarren's piece is extremely elegant in style, and will prove to be very useful as a lesson to players of moderate ability. We cannot account for his superfluous doubling of the leading note (major third), page 4, bar 8, which is also left in a destitute manner without the resolution to which it is entitled.