The itip Green; a Song.
Two Songs from the German of Schiller and By Joust Taostsox.
In all that MK Trromsosr writes we are sure of finding some of the ingredients of a good vocal composition. To a man of his cultivated mind and refined taste, it is almost impossible to degrade his art by an alliance with the nauseous twaddle which certain composers unite to airs as dull-
" Blotting their paper, innocent of thought,
To prove that nothing can proceed from nought."
Mr. THOMSON also knows (and to many of his contemporaries it seems unknown) that melody should be one ingredient in the composition of a song.
The words Of the first song are familiar to our readers ; for who has not read the Pickwick Papers? They are set to a bold, free, old- fashioned sort of tune. This song would be a valuable addition to the portfolios of some of our table-singers. If well sung and heartily chorused, it would soon become popular. The other songs are more ambitiously designed ; and they equally show their author's power as a composer. We doubt, however, whether " allegro appasionato " be the correct time for the song from Scriumnit. We have sung it several times with an increased conviction that a slower measure would be preferable.
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