5 JANUARY 1839, Page 21

Husni BERTINI enjoys a high reputation in Paris as a

composer for the pianoforte and a performer on that instrument. His Grand Etudes Artistiques bring together all the difficulties of execution which belong to the ultra-modern school, and are well calculated to increase the im- mense manual dexterity which has become a sine qua non in pianoforte- playing. They are written throughout with great ability ; but the author might have rendered them more attractive by mingling his pas- sages of execution with graceful and expressive melody.