Dans Le Champs. Par Joseph Romano. (dnff And...
scherzo pastorale is very light and pretty, and should find favour amongst organists as well as pianists. A difficult chord occurs at the commencement of bar 9, page 3.......
The Joyful Peasant. Arranged By J. E. Newell. (j. Bath.)—
Schumann's music is too well known to require any criticism from us. The original music gains nothing from Mr. Newell's arrangement.......
Epistles, Satires, And Epigrams. By James E. Thorold...
satirist ought, above all things, to be strong. If he claims to lay on the lash, he ought to be able to lay it on with pre- cision and effect. It cannot be said that Mr.......
Fifty Waltzes By Mozart. Edited And Arranged By Josiah...
(C. Lonsdale)—Mozart's music requires no comment, and nothing can be said for or against Mr. Pitman's arrangement.......
New Music.
Gavotte et Musette. Par Henry Loge. (Goddard and Co.)—This is a quaint little piece. Being fairly written, and not difficult, it should find favour with young pianists.......
Fleurs De Mai. Par Fritz Spindler. (goddard And Co.)—a...
light, easy, and flowing Bluette ; simple, and at the same time effective.......
The Wedding March Of A Marionette. By Charivari. (j....
Evidently this piece has been composed side by side with Gonnod's "Funeral March of a Marionette." It is anything but original, and lacks the brightness, vivacity, and style......
Fadeless Bloom. Words By Mrs. Hemans. Music By Giuseppe....
and Co.)—Both words and music are good.......
David. By The Rev. T. Barber. (simpkin And Marshall)—this...
volume, without pretending to original research, has sufficient interest and value to deserve success. Mr. Barber has been diligent in consulting the best authorities, and he......
To Maud. Words By Tennyson. Music By Giuseppe. (goddard And
Co.)—This song has been too long associated with the original melody written for it, and is too good, for us to wish for a change in the music. M. Giuseppe's arrangement being......
S Old Words And Modern Meanings. Edited By T. Whitcombe
Greene. (Longmans.)—The plan of the author whose works Mr. Greene has re- Irked and completed, is to exhibit the change of meaning which words have undergone in the English......
_history Of The Burgh And Parish "schools Of Scotland. By
James Grant. Vol. L, "The Burgh Schools." (Collins.)—" Burgh-schools" are Anglice " Grammar-schools," and the information which Mr. Grant has so diligently collected about them......