25 APRIL 1840, page 20

Six Songs. The Music By F. Schubert; The Words (translated)

by T. OLIPHANT. SCHUBERT is in some vogue as a vocal writer, and many of his com- positions evince considerable skill, if not genius, in this branch of his art. They arc......

Overture To Romeo And Juliet, By G. Macfarren. Arranged As

a Pianoforte Duct. A very clever composition, as far as we can judge of it from an arranaement ; although it might as well be entitled an Overture to - MS& or Lear.......

Vocal Music For The Young. No. I. By Mary Kingston.

A good collection of this kind is beginning to be wanted, but the present publication only partially supplies the deficiency. Such a work should consist of compositions in two......

A New Method Of Singing. By J. Centuro.

This book, we presume, is the reprint of a French work : and it would be as well, in this and all similar cases, if what portion of it has to be expressed in language were......