The Souvenir des Alpes; Fantasia and Variations, for the Pianoforte.
Com- posed by Ricardo Linter.
Among the multitudinous publications for the pianoforte, very few are really adapted to the use of amateurs. The greatest number, composed by the nimble-fingered professors of the modern school, are so crowded with difficulties that the most accomplished unprofessional player cannot execute diem with tolerable precision and fluency; and even when so executed few of them are worth hearing. Many a lady, capable of playing the most beautiful pieces of Mozart, Hummel, and Beethoven, is quite unable for the legerdemain feats of the day, and yet insists on displaying them, to the great annoyance of those who must listen to her performance. It is there- fore with satisfaction that we find a new pianoforte piece, like that before us, written in a rational manner, moderate in difficulty, containing good melody and harmony, and calculated to improve the player as well as to please the listener.
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