Tsellien's Album for 1847.
The rich and splendid embellishments of this volume are likewise well worth its price; but its musical contents have a value of their own, which many people will deem by no means inconsiderable. Among a great many vocal pieces in the showy style of the day, there are at least two of dis- tinguished merit: "0 meet me in the flowery dell," by J. L. Hatton, and not unworthy of his talents; and "La fin du Carnaval,' by the celebrated French tenor-singer Duprez, which has some bold and original modula- tions. There is an ample collection of the music in which Jullien is most at home,-quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas; some of which, by the illustrious master himself, are very clever. Among other things, there is the tre- mendous "British Army Quadrille," which used to "split the ears of the groundlings " at Covent Garden Theatre: but that hurly-burly will be but poorly kept up by two hands, however strong, on the keys of the piano- forte.
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