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Reviews Of New Music.
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: T ^ ajM -Mmomc ^ composed by Bro . W . B :. Tolpijtt ^ P . M . ; ¦ LoM street . —OnrBxo . Tolputt has' most . ; worthily ' performed his task , he has supplied a desideratum—and It is to be regretted , and that deeply , that either he or some equally gifted Brother does not oftener provide the Craft with music , appropriate to : various , ' ceremonies . Surely an institution emanating as it does from the son of him who was chief bard in his kingdom , should not be without its own : concord of sweet sounds , to-increasey if possible , the sense .. of soleinhity ; th . portion ; of ; the iiiusic :.:. nownnder our ¦ consideration . / comprising the March ?
is eminently fitted for processions M . W . ; G-. lf ., ; it isinBflat ,. hutthe- couiposertas , in the ninth : bar , ingeniously worked his way into G- minor , and &^ the dominant of the original key , : P one flat ; he then returns to the key of B , and the whole is ; brought : to a . completion in a . most masterly maimer . This is succeeded by the Masonic filtered Apprentice ' s Air , which is . also in B fiat , but in ' six-eight time . ; it is . .. very nicely arranged ,. and displays considerable knowledge in its iiistrmnentation : the introduction of the Aflat ¦ O . ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ .. '• in the treble , in conjunction with the "B natural in the bass , towards the conclusion of the melody , striking 11 S as -very effective indeed . One Wish for Thee ; Ballad , written by . G-. Curtis , the music composed by W . T . WisiGHT ' ON . London : Bobert Cocks and Company , New Burlington-street . —One of the neat school of ballads , which , if it does not set
the Thames-on lire , will at "least not displease-anybody . . It is witmn the compass of singers -whose register is not extensive , which fact must tend to advance its sale ; while the accompaniment , though highly appropriate , might be played by a boarding school young lady of eighteen months tuition . The words are , as words of these kind too frequently are , not bad
enougli for censure , and not good enough lor praise ; however it is a decent little trifle , and may perchance live its hour . Gems selected from the Works of the Great Master * , edited and arranged for the piano-forte by G . F . Wkst , > To . 17 , u Comfort ye my people , " Handel . ' . Robert Cocks and Company , New Burlington-street . —This is one of the most estimable works that . has for a length of time come beneath our consideration .- 'W hat says the proverb—to do groat things we should dare great things—and . judging by tlio present specimen , Mr . West has both
dared and dune . Grappling with the work of a mighty master mind , he has succeeded in giving facility to that which was previously encumbered with difficulties , and has effected it in a mariner that has not detracted from the splendid thoughts and sublime conceptions of the original composer . Where difficulty was insuperable , and doubt might pervade the mind of the performer iw to the manipulation , . the passages have been judiciously lingered :, aud the notation of the various complicated . harmonies has been so reconstructed as to bvhm 'the author's ideas well , beneath the hand of the medium players . As a repertory of easily to be ¦ performed renderings oi . tlio great masters , we confidently recommend this work to the attention oi the public ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews Of New Music.
¦¦" = ' . :, BEYIEW 3-m SEW MUSIC .
: T ^ ajM -Mmomc ^ composed by Bro . W . B :. Tolpijtt ^ P . M . ; ¦ LoM street . —OnrBxo . Tolputt has' most . ; worthily ' performed his task , he has supplied a desideratum—and It is to be regretted , and that deeply , that either he or some equally gifted Brother does not oftener provide the Craft with music , appropriate to : various , ' ceremonies . Surely an institution emanating as it does from the son of him who was chief bard in his kingdom , should not be without its own : concord of sweet sounds , to-increasey if possible , the sense .. of soleinhity ; th . portion ; of ; the iiiusic :.:. nownnder our ¦ consideration . / comprising the March ?
is eminently fitted for processions M . W . ; G-. lf ., ; it isinBflat ,. hutthe- couiposertas , in the ninth : bar , ingeniously worked his way into G- minor , and &^ the dominant of the original key , : P one flat ; he then returns to the key of B , and the whole is ; brought : to a . completion in a . most masterly maimer . This is succeeded by the Masonic filtered Apprentice ' s Air , which is . also in B fiat , but in ' six-eight time . ; it is . .. very nicely arranged ,. and displays considerable knowledge in its iiistrmnentation : the introduction of the Aflat ¦ O . ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦¦ .. '• in the treble , in conjunction with the "B natural in the bass , towards the conclusion of the melody , striking 11 S as -very effective indeed . One Wish for Thee ; Ballad , written by . G-. Curtis , the music composed by W . T . WisiGHT ' ON . London : Bobert Cocks and Company , New Burlington-street . —One of the neat school of ballads , which , if it does not set
the Thames-on lire , will at "least not displease-anybody . . It is witmn the compass of singers -whose register is not extensive , which fact must tend to advance its sale ; while the accompaniment , though highly appropriate , might be played by a boarding school young lady of eighteen months tuition . The words are , as words of these kind too frequently are , not bad
enougli for censure , and not good enough lor praise ; however it is a decent little trifle , and may perchance live its hour . Gems selected from the Works of the Great Master * , edited and arranged for the piano-forte by G . F . Wkst , > To . 17 , u Comfort ye my people , " Handel . ' . Robert Cocks and Company , New Burlington-street . —This is one of the most estimable works that . has for a length of time come beneath our consideration .- 'W hat says the proverb—to do groat things we should dare great things—and . judging by tlio present specimen , Mr . West has both
dared and dune . Grappling with the work of a mighty master mind , he has succeeded in giving facility to that which was previously encumbered with difficulties , and has effected it in a mariner that has not detracted from the splendid thoughts and sublime conceptions of the original composer . Where difficulty was insuperable , and doubt might pervade the mind of the performer iw to the manipulation , . the passages have been judiciously lingered :, aud the notation of the various complicated . harmonies has been so reconstructed as to bvhm 'the author's ideas well , beneath the hand of the medium players . As a repertory of easily to be ¦ performed renderings oi . tlio great masters , we confidently recommend this work to the attention oi the public ,