24 FEBRUARY 1844, Page 19

Slow Movement and Rondo for the Pianoforte, inscribed to the

Misses Horn. Composed by W. JecasoN.

Mr. JACKSON discovers great innocence and purity of intention in his composition : we are carried back on his page to the simplicity of old times, and the "golden age" of HAYDN'S Sonatas. The signs of this taste are always welcome to us—however in the minority a composer may be who adopts this school of music in the year 1844. The Adagio in F minor is somewhat too profuse of modulation, and too trite in its imitations to augur much experience in the art of writing; but the traces of the musician cannot be overlooked. The subject of the Allegro in

F major is elegant and melodious, though deficient in originality. .