MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS AT GUILDHALL.
THE Corporation of London must possess some members of their body capable of guiding their musical taste. Whatever of this kind they pro- duce is sure to he good. Their band is not, like the " King's band," made up of tailors, cooks, and valets, but of first-rate performers, albeit they are not of " the worshipful Company of Musicians." If they want a flourish of trumpets before my Lord-Mayor, they engage HARPER and IRwIN : if they patronize a concert in their Hall, it consists of the best music, and is supported by the best artists, vocal and instrumental. And at their approaching festivity, the same good taste is displayed. The prin- cipal singers engaged are Master PHILLIPS and Master BENNETT, Messrs. TERRAII., WELSH, HORNCASTLE, HORN, C. TAYLOR, Goss, NIELD, LEETE, and E. TAYLOR, with an efficient chorus. The in- strumental band will comprise Messrs. WILLMAN, NICHOLSON, CARD, MACKINTOSH, TULLY, PLATT, RAE, POWELL, HARPER, COOKE, and Cnirr. These several bands will be stationed in the opposite gal- leries, so that they can be called into action either separately or together. The vocal music will consist of glees, finales, and other concerted pieces by MOZART, BISHOP, ATTWOOD, HORSLEY, WELSH, &C.; and the whole will be under the control and superintendence of Sir GEORGE SMART. This is all as it should be. The music will form an appropri- . ate feature to such a banquet, and will indeed be " a dainty dish to set before the King."
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