13 JANUARY 1877, page 27

The Moonrise. Schottische. By Carlo Minasi. (simpson And...

piece is below the average of the author's previous compositions of dance-music, many of which are deservedly well known. Thire is a want of originality in this schottische.......

Thinking And Dreaming. New Edition. By Berthold Tours....

and Co.)—This song should find favour with vocalists, as it is pleasing and well written. We think that the continual F sharps and Ws will be found trying to singers who do not......

As A Flower Of The Field. C. Pinetuti. (r. Mills

and Sons.)—If not a very effective song we observe a great improvement in the absence of chromatic , intervals, which the author used so frequently in many of his vocal......

Queen Mab Waltz. By Herbert Baines. (potts And Co.,...

—With the exception of No.1, only one strain is allotted to each waltz. The transition of key from C to D (Nos. 3 and 4) is unusual, and con- trary to rule. There is a lack of......

Coralline. Par Louis Diehl. (ashdown And Parry.)—this Is...

the ordinary type of pianoforte pieces, containing sixteen bars of fairly pleasing melody, followed by an arpeggio variation, and an intermezzo of two or three lines in the......