"Sleep, thou fearful Lover's Friend" addition to thofe with which he has already by Mr. Dixon, is an extremely pleafant, glee, and the "Grace" by Mr. Carnaby, which clofes the collection, is fabricated with much imagination and contrivance. Harmonia Sacra, being a collection of Anthems from the most esteemed mafters ancient and modern. Publifhed in numbers, and to be comprized in three folio volumes. Selected and arranged by J. Page. This fuperb and valuable publication has now made a confiderable advancement in its third volume. Among the excellent and fterling compofitions which have appeared in the latter numbers, we find that noble anthem by Mr. Battifhill, "Behold how Good and Joyful a Thing it is, Brethren, to dwell together in Peace and Unity;" and we learn that a new anthem, by Mr. Busby, is fhortly to appear in the fame great work. We make thefe obfervations with the more pleasure, as we profefs ourselves the advocates and encouragers of living merit. From Gibbons, Croft, Blow, Purcel, Clarke, Handel, Greene, and Boyce, we never can withold that veneration ever due to the most illuftrious talents; but, if we wish to fee them equalled, we muft excite emulation, by refpecting modern efforts, when, like theirs, they are grounded on the fublimer models of fcience. No. I. Of Elegant Selections, comprising the moft favourite compofitions of Haydn, Pleyel, Mozart, Paifiello, and other efteemed authors, confifting of fonatas, overtures, capricios, rondes and airs, with variations for the pia no-forte or harp. 2s. Rolfe. In the prefent number of this work, which is to appear monthly, and in which the editor informs the public that it will not only confift of the newest mufic, but fave fifty per cent. to the purchaser, we find two rondos extracted from a curious collection exprefly compofed for the late Emprefs of Ruffia, by Paifiello the juftly celebrated ballad "A Prey to Tender Anguifh" by Haydn; and "Tink a Tink," with variations for the piano-forte, by G. Nezot, pupil of Steibelt. Articles fo judicioufly felected cannot but augur well of the future numbers of this attractive undertaking, and enfure that no tice and encouragement due to taste and difcernment. Twelve Waltzes, for the piano-forte or harp, with an accompaniment for a flute, tambourine, and triangle, compofed by D. Steibelt, op. 34. 5's. Dale. This thirty-fourth opera of Mr. Steibelt, taken in the aggregate, is a pleafing MONTHLY MAG. NO. XLI. obliged the public. It exhibits, through- Rolfe. "Apollo et Terpfichore" has arrived at the conclufion of its fecond volume, which comprizes the latter fix of the twelve numbers already before the public. Among the new and eligible articles which fupply thefe fix numbers, we find "Loud rav'd the Blaft" from Blue Beard; " At Lucy's Door" from Haydn, "To Sing of Love's Paffion" from the fame great mafter; "Sweet Sung the Lark" from Martini; "When firit this humble Roof I knew" from Jackson of Exeter ; "Pleyel's German Hymn" with variations; "Now the Moon-Beam's Trembling Luftre" by Mr. C. Clagget; "The Haunted Tower," with variations; "Burton's Favourite Rondo ;" and other compofitions equally formed to gratify the taite and improve the execution of amateurs in the engaging and familiar walks of practice. The Death of Philomel, compofed by a Gentleman of Cambridge. 15. Riley. This little air, without exhibiting any thing remarkably novel, poffelles traits of a pleafing fancy, and conveys the fentiment of the words with cafe and fimplicity. The paffage at "And fing a Dirge to Philomel" is fweetly impreffive, and the intermediate fymphonies are characteristically conceived. Piano-forte Magazine, in mmbers, each 2s. 6d. Harrifon and Clufe. rendered it ftill more commodious to the public. Thofe practitioners and encouragers of mufic who are already provided with piano-fortes, and can therefore difpenfe with the promiffory notes, which entitle the fubfcriber to a new inftrument, gratis, have now an opportunity of purchafing the numbers at eighteen-pence each; which new condition frequently affords them the advantage of receiving for three fhillings, or four and fixpence, the fame quantity of well chofen mufic, as in any other edition would coft them half-a-guinea. IS. A Song in Mr. Sheridan's new Comedy of the Strangers, compofed by a Lady. Rolfe. We have perused this delicate little air with much pleafure. It is diftinguifhed by a graceful cafe and an affecting fimplicity. The bafs and inner-part are fcientifically constructed, and the effect of the whole does much honor to the tafte and judgment of the fair compofer. The Quick-fiep of the Hampstead Loyal Affociation, as it is performed by the Duke of York's band, compofed and dedicated to Jofiah Boydell, Captain Commandant of the Corps, by T. Eflex. is. Longman and Clementi. Mr. Effex has published this quick-step in a fcore for clarinets, flutes, horns, trumpets, baffoons, a ferpent and drum; to which he has added a piano-forte part. The ftyle of the melody is novel, and highly pleafing; and the parts are put together with confiderable skill. He'll never march again, a Ballad, fet to Mufic by T. Combe, of Leicester. Is. Longman and Clementi. We are not able to fpeak in the fame flattering terms of the compofition as we have done of former pieces by the fame ingenious mafter. The melody is not remarkable either for its novelty or character, and the modulation is even deficient in fcience. The paffage at "never, never march again," in the fecond page, is fo carelessly prepared as to violate the ac- "The Sword of Gideon," though not confpicuous for its originality, poffefies fome degree of fpirit, and conveys the fenfe of the words with confiderable effect. The intervening fymphonies are correfpondent to the melody, and do credit to the judgment of the author. On the projected Union between England and Ireland; compofed and fung by Mr. Dignum, in the grand Council-chamber at Guildhall, on the Lord Mayor's day. IS. Longman, Clementi, and Co. not calculated to render the credit of Mr. This temporary production, though Dignum's inventive powers equal to that of his vocal abilities, is by no means destitute of merit. We are obliged to confefs its wants of novelty and modulation, and that the bafs is not the beft that might have been chofen; yet the general effect is agreeable, and adapted to the sense of the words. William and Mary, two rondos, with an accom The themes of these rondos are familiar and agreeable, and the digreffions are conftructed with judgment. The fentiments of the words have, in both, been happily confulted, and the modulations are caly and natural. At the fame time, we are obliged to obferve, that the baffes do not always reflect equal credit on the fkill of the compofer; we fometimes meet with confecutive octaves, as in the fecond and third bars of the fixth page; at other times, with combinations utterly diffonant, but which errors, as we are led to conceive by the general excellency of the compofitions, are rather the refult of careleffness than of fcientific difqualification. RETROSPECT of MUSICAL WORKS published in France during the last year; with Remarks on the State of Mufical Science in that Republic. year, the Republic produced no fewer than 119 mufical works, vocal and inftrumental; the catalogue of which, with occafional remarks and obfervations, will furnifh the reader with a tolerably juft idea of the merit of the refpective compofers now in France, and of the prefent ftate of mufic in that country. Three Romances, by Plantade; Treatife on Harmony, by Gauzarques; Four progreflive Sonatas for the Piano-fole with an accompaniment for the violin, ad libitum, by D. Steibelt; three progreffive Duetts for two Violins, by B. Viguerie; Three concerto Duetts for two Violins, by Tironne; New Anacreontic Paftimes, with an accompaniment for the guittar, by Guichard; Memoirs, or Effays on Mufic, by Gretry. This latter work, which is comprized in three volumes, reflects the highest credit on the well-known profeffional talents of Citizen Gretry. Like the jufly celebrated Pergoleze, and our own inimitable Arne, he in his compofitions at once delights, and fucceeds, in painting the paffions; and, like thofe great masters, deduces his melodies from the feelings of the heart. Many of his productions have contributed to prove to Italy, Germany, and England, that by adopting the language of nature, the artist becomes intelligible and impreffive to all mankind. Except a treatise by the profound Rameau, and a few trivial attempts by other authors, no didactic work had, till now, iffued from the pen of a French musician, But fince in the practical department of the arts there are certain fecrets which cannot be revealed but by the profeffor, and the knowledge of which is of the highest importance to the ftudent, the prefent work of Gretry is particularly ufeful and feasonable: and, moft happily for the author, his own compofitions form examples to his juft and excellent precepts. The Vocal Journal, with an accompaniment for the harp or piano-forte, by Pleyel; the Lyre of Orpheus, being a collection of romances and opera airs, by the brothers Gavaux. The Lyre of Orpheus, the first year's numbers of which have been well received by the public, continues with the fame fuccefs, and exhibits the taste of its conductors to great advantage. The Amorous Warrior's Shield, by Charpentier, a Treatife on the Bafs as applied to Melody, with rules for compolition, by H. F. Langle. This work, the firft which has been written in France on this interefting part of compofition, poffeffes all that truth, depth, and peripicuity, which might be expected from the ingenuity and profeffional erudition of its author. The undertaking was preceded by his Treatife on Harmony, which the Germans, fuch excellent judges on that fubje&, immediately tranflated. This learned and eftecined compofer, who unites in a high degree the theory and practice of music, announces in his preface the speedy appearance of other works. Citizen Langle ought, perhaps, to be encouraged the more, fince the maitrifes des cathédrales being fuppreffed, it becomes neceffary that the learned in the art should redouble their efforts to preferve in the republic a due tafte for harmonic theory, and the means of bringing it to perfection. " The Lyrical Gleaner, (for the harp), arranged by Petrini; New Journal of Melody, felected from Gluck, Sacchini, Picini, Sarti, Mozart, Paisiello, Gretry, and other celebrated authors, arranged with an accompaniment for the piano-forte, extracted from the original fcores. A third Collection of Airs and Pieces, containing the Chacoone in Orpheus, and that in the Union of Love and the Arts, with an accompaniment for a violin, by Petrini; Leaves of Terpsichore, confifting of overtures and airs, with an accompaniment for the harp; Journal for the Harp, in twenty numbers; Airs, by Boieldieu; Concerto for the Violin, by Blafius; Three Sonatas for the Pianoforte, with an accompaniment for a violin, ad libitum, by Carbonel; Alonzo and Imogine, a tragical romance taken from the Monk, compofed by Bearvarlet; first Collection of Romances, with an accompaniment for the piano-forte, by Lemoyne, jun.; the Perfian Slave, by Daleyrac, arranged for the piano-forte by Viguerie; Collection of Romances, arranged by Nadermann; Three Grand Sonatas, with the charge of cavalry, for the piano-forte, by Ladorner; Concerto for the Violin, compofed and dedicated to Citizen d' Hautefort, by Graffet; Three concerto Duetts for two Violins, by Tironne; Three progreffive dialogue Duetts for two Clarinets, by Viguerie; Three concerto Quartetts for a Flute, Violin, Tenor and Baís, by Devienne; Romance of Henry the IVth, by Berton; Three Quartetts for a Horn, Violin, Tenor and Bals; Airs, with an accompaniment for the piano-forte, by Viguerie; Exercifes, intermixed with airs, for practitioners on the guittar; Romances, Songs, Rounds, and Duetts, by Martial, with a paftoral Romance, imitated from Eftelle and Florian, by Bruguiere, the medodies and accompaniments by P. Perro; Six Rounds fet to mufic, with an accompaniment for a guittar, flute, or violin, by Porro; Collection of Waltzs and Ailmands, arranged for two flutes, by I. Claveau, fenior; Three concerto Duetts for two Flutes,' with variations by Wranifki; Three familiar Duetts for two Flutes, by Walter; Three Duetts for two Violins, by Batu; Six Six Duetts for two Violins, composed for the ufe of young practitioners, by Lorenziti; Collection of Airs, taken from comic operas, arranged as duetts for two clarinets, by Gaffeau; Three Solos for a Violin, with a bafs accompaniment, by Walter; Three Duetts for two Violins, by Walter; Three familiar Duetts for two Violins, by Walter; Six Rounds, with an accompaniment for a piano-forte or harp, by Porro. The remaining articles, with further remarks on the progrefs of French mufic, we shall present to our readers in the fucceeding number of our Magazine. In the mean time, it will be obvious to every obferver with how much ardour the citizens of France cultivate a fcience whofe attractions extort the admiration of all nations, though but a few of the coun tries, even of the politeft quarter of the globe, produce in an eminent degree that peculiar genius which is indifpenfible to the attainment of its excellencies. It is true, that except the works of Gretry and Langle, we have not had to notice any production of magnitude, or of a very novel caft; but if the preceding catalogue be contrafted with the mufic which formerly inundated Paris, we fhall be ftruck with the advancement which this captivating art appears to have lately made in France. And if we contemplate that general fpirit of fcientific refearch and love of refined accomplishment, which feems at prefent to pervade the republic, we fhall naturally be led to expect the moft fublime fpecimens of theory and genius in this delightful occupation of the mufes. ACCOUNT OF DISEASES IN LONDON, From the zoth of December, 1798, to the 20th of January, 1799. STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, FRANCE. WE noticed in our laft the declara tion of war by the French Republic against the kings of Naples and Sardinia. Previous to this event, General Mack having entered Rome, felt himself naturally elated, and defirous of continuing his conqueft without refiftance; he therefore directed letters to be written to the French generals, in which he fulminated forth the most violent menaces. For every fingle fhot fired at his troops, he threatened to give up one of the French in the hofpitals to the just indignation of the people. To thele me naces the French generals replied, "that they placed the lick, and other French men remained at Rome to take care of them, under the guardianship of all the Neapolitan foldiers; and if a hair of their heads should be hurt, it should be a fignal for the death of all the Neapolitan officers who had fallen into their hands." The French left fome forces in Fort St. Angelo, with an affurance of a speedy return, and foon after anfwered the threats of General Mack by defeating a part of his army at Civita Caftellana. Two of the French foldiers were found shot with their hands bound, as well as the edile and |
