The New York herald., 1870-12-11
TIME.
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MUSICAL REVIEW.

dard. The composer treats the sublime utterances
OF the psamist in style calculated TO bring out
their spirit and place them In the most descriptive
and We might say dramatic, form. There IL not the
slightest pretence IN the work; for simplicity itself
seems to be Its guiding motive Yet there is more
real merit In It than hundreds OF the church pieces
or more ambitious nature that we have been com
pelled to wade through.
William Hall Son publish the following:-"I.alia
Unita," or ''Rome.n Marche triumphae. Dedi-
Gated TO Victor Emmanuel, and composed by Giu-
seppe Operti, conductor OF the N!blos Garden or
chestra. 1ne brilliant work, with an exuberance
or martial spirit In IL from beginning TO end. The
themes are all fresh and melodic and the treatment
Is orchestral IN enect and varied In the pleas
ing manner.
The same house has brought out the principal
gems OF Brlstows magnificent opera Or Grip Van
Wlnkle.n Three OF these ntorceduI must needs be
popular iavortes aud are destined for the salon,
concert paror, ballroom and street. They are .'The
Mug OF Beer" a reckinR Irresistible Drtndtst, and
contagious In every measure "Tne Sparkling Tears
OF the Vine,n song which we safely assert has no
peer in Its line In opera OF any kind and the ex.
quislte melody "Alone, All Alone. in this Wide
World OF sorrow" the paintive lament OF Rip when
he wakes up, visits the village OF Falling Waters and
finds that he Is forgotten by all. The composer OF
this OPERA George Bristow ls, we may say, the only
great representative OF music In America HIS
works, orchestral and vocal, are better known In
Europe than they here, yet they bear the stamp
OF true genius impressed upon them He has proved
himself a thorough musician, not only in opera, but
In oratorlo. symphony. ballads and pious works.
The name OF George Brstow stands at present the
first In American art, and we doubt very much II
Europe show his equal in music.
"Sur la Tombe de Gottscnalk.n Reverie. N. II.
poser himself can give Ineligible idea Of for he
overloads 1t with complex and detailed Instructions
and minute details expression, STYLE color use OF
pedals and directions OF the meronome and he says
IN the preface tnat ito forget all these recommends
tons would completely prev ent the obtaining OF the
desired enect.n The work Is exceedingly gloomy
ana labored and Mr.. Espadero seems TO think that
monetony and dulness are Indispensable adjuncts
to the expression OF grief In music. Melody. at all
events, he carefully excludes To prove the fallacy
OF his opinion we need only point to the immortal
'Marche Funebre," OF Chopin.
Henry Liolf, New York, Paris, London Brussels,
ST. Petersburg, Basic, Amsterdam and Copenhagen,
publish the follOwlng:-
'Nocturnes pour Piano." John Field. This Is one
Of the handsomest and most elegant edtiens OF
music we have ever seen. The works themselves,
seventeen In number, are Mendelssohnian in their
exquisite melody and grace, and are withal 80
simple TO be within the reach OF every pianist.
Deutsche Siegesmarche," consisting OF
''woerth,"by Wledemann; "Saarbrucken, Partzsch;
"Metz," Blumenstengel, ana "sedan," Abt. They
are all good pieces. brilliant and effective
Variations Beethoven. The entire twenty
works Of the great composer under this name and
published In very handsome form.
"Suitcs.n Handel. The sixteen works under the
above title, got up in an unexceptonabe edition.
''Rondos, Fantasies, Overture dams le style de
| Handel, Adago, Marche, valse Favorite. Clique and
| Minuet Favori." Mozart. An exceedingly valuabl
collection Of the fugitive works Of the composer
sixteen Marches,n for four hands. Fran.
| Schubert. Another very fine edition OF some or tn
| true poeLs happiest thoughts.
1 John l.. Peters publishes The following
| '.Klnd ana True" and Left Alone" Two ballads
OF whom adorns each title page, and composed b,
! G. Operti. Tie former Is an Irish song and has
/ simple melody fu of expression, and the second 1:
| Triumph OF Love.n Vocal waltz. Operti Dedi
Gated 10 Nilsson and having on It's title page beau
tiful colored nthograph OF The Swedish nightingale
| 1t Ii in treatment OF the Ardiu school OF voca
| waltZes and marked with characteristic meoaiC
beauty which places II, in our opinion above The
gterng generallLies OF the conductor or the Covenl
Garden Opera. The violin obigato forms Drillian.
| setting to the vocal part.
schlrmer, Broadway, publishes the following
| LA Ballerlna." Mazurka elegante. Samuel
Jackson. This composer has achieved in our review
an envable reputation as an arranger, for two per-
| formers on the piano, Of popular works Dy othel
writer's. In this the entire composition Is his own
1t stamps HIM as composer OF genuine ability, FOL
1t poss esses merits which recommend 1t to any mu
siclan, and the additional pair Of hands bring ou
| Its salient points with effect
Hear Ny Cry" Anthem. Arranged from an
offert0ry by DR.. Hauftmann by Robert Bonner. 1t Il
not bad composltl on, but commonplace In every
sense OF the word. An organst in looking over II
Old-fashioned melody such as every choir is familiar
WIN, TO Its proper ending ANY organist possessing
the least pretenslonS In MS business lmprovist
/ those things by the bushel full.
"Oh, Gently Sleep.n Serenade. w. Taubert. One
OF those forced melodies that we decidedly OBJECT to-
The composer attempts to gloss over Its weakness
by an accompaniment which Is peculiar, but at the
| same time, ineffective Very Often great deal o
time and mental labor are spent over these lines anC
| pale ct BlOnde.'' Ballad, from AMBROSE Thomas
Hamlet" Why not give the entire scena, and thus
complete the iaea IN this representative ntOrcedt
! from this much discussed opera? Nilsson and Faure
by their ranscendant talents, made this opera sue
cess but lntrinsicay, 1t IS complete failure. 1t Is
weak attempt to interpret. unsteady, one Of the
| most abstruse and metaphysical works OF Shaks
peare TO take 1t piecemeal is, in our opinion, a
| very foolish and Improbable piece Of business.
| "Worshlp OF God in Nature" Beethoven We
decidedly object to giving fragmentary work Of
such O composer In ballad FORM
! Dear Home Of Ny Father" Ballad. F. Gum
| bert. pretty good melody, not displeasng, bu
not particularly Interesting.
| "Les Brigands" Gaop and polka Thomas
Baker. The well known leader OF Wallack's orches
las III tHcSc tWu picCtS, gwen ub all
| bouquet OF gems from OIenbach's sparkling work.
| "Brlllants from the Modern Opera" for four
hands. Albert Berg These comprise i've pieces from
"L'Afrlcaine," "Pericholen sublime to the ridicu
| lous), "Grand Duchess,n "Belle Heene'' ana
| "Faust'' (Guonods). They are evidently intended
| for pupils, and as such are very good. Mr.. Berg
without being profound Is always interesting as q
| composer.
! "Mass In d. Alois F. Lejeal. We shall refer "a
this work again, as comes at such late hour that
! we have not time to review 1t critically.
BENJAMIN Hitchcock. OF Beekman street, has made
some important additions to his choice collection OF
| Dime and Half Dime Mnsic. This gentleman Is the
pioneer in the cheap music line and by his constant
perseverance In establishing line OF business which
| threatens 10 overwhelm the close monopoly which
has 30 long cOgged American talent we are OF
opinion that he may be looked upon In the light OF
an lc0n0clast
The same may be said OF John Pattlscn 4 Co.,
Association Hall, who have tnaugurated entirely
new system In dealing with composers. According
TO the Old regime American composers had rights
that publishers obliged 10 respect, and, as tney
! speak OF amendments TO the constitution OF the
| United States, we would suggest very important
one, and that is that should be placed