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Tantum Et-go; ii due Tenor; e Basso. By Rossini.

This is Rossini's latest work. It was composed, as is stated in the titlepage, "on the occasion of the solemn restoration to the Catholic wor- ship of the church of San Francisco at Bologna, on the 28th of Novem- ber 1847." It is precisely what might be expected from the author of the Stabat Mater,—an elegant and pleasinn.* composition, melodious and flow- ing, but shallow in counterpoint, and destitute of the solemn grandeur of' the ecclesiastical style. The whole piece, with a change of words, would pass very well for a concerted scene in an Italian opera.