NEW MUSIC.
"Through the wood," a Carolina. The Ifirsic by C. E. HORN.
WE are glad to welcome Mr. HORN back to England. We have few better melodists among our composers ; and the present song is pleas- ingly and popularly written. The pianoforte part is not so skilfully arranged as we should have expected, and we should recommend. Mr. HORN to revise the introductory symphony, before the sung (foolishly called a cavatina) gets into general insulation.
Marraton and Yamada, a Song. By T. Aerwoorn We regard this as one of Mr. ATTWOOD'S best songs. The music breathes the same tender and delightful expression by which the poetry is characterized. There is not a note in it. which could be changed for the better ; and while the structure of the accompaniment displays the accomplished musician, it is totally free from that pedantic and misplaced display of learning with which some composers are wont to disfigure a simple melody.
Ellen, a Canzonet. Composed by.). Jour.
This canzonet is avowedly written in imitation of HAYDN, and a part of it is his undoubted property. (See the Adagio of his 1st Grand Sinfonia.) But we readily pardon a theft which shows such good taste both in the appropriation and the selection. Mr. JOLLY belongs to the best school of English musicians, and the present composition will not detract from his reputation. Its chief defect is the want of some pervading melody.
The Elf King, a Song. By AUGUSTUS VOIGT.
A pleasing bifle.
.elfton hider, a Ballad. By H. Pit ;mars.
Rather commonplace ; and the want of any striking feature in the melody is not atoned for by skill in the arrangement, which contains several palpable errors.
" Here's a Heart," fL Song, from " The Night before Me Wedding." By H. R. Bisnor.
" Yes, a Soldier's Heart should be free from Love," from the same Opera, and by the same Composer.
The same character will apply to both these ballads. They are pleasing melodies, and well suited to the range of Mr. Woon's powers, for whom they were composed. Our predictions respecting the fate of this opera have been realized ; but these scions, which Mr. Bisuop grafted on the original stock, will probably have a rapid growth in popular favour.
-Grandes Variations tl ?mitre mains, pour le Pianoforte, sue un marche fa- vourikde " Guillaume Tell " de Rossini. Par HENRI Haaz. Introduction rand Rondo for the .Pianoforte, on Me admired Carillon in Bole! diet's" Les Deux Nails." By HENRI HERS.
Variations) Brillantes for the Pianoforte on the Chorus in the same Opera. By C. CHAULIEU.
What a foolish piece of pedantry it is to print a French titlepage to a composition of which the author is an Italian, the arranger a Ger- man, and the publisher an Englishman ! These pieces are expected to please by the influence of association. Young ladies, who have heard the original themes played and sung at the theatres, will be happy to possess themselves of such versions of them. HERE'S vari- ations are florid, and sometimes not a little difficult of execution. CHA.U.• LIEU'S, which are more simple, are constructed on the spirited chorus which may be called the burden of the first act of the opera.
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