The New York herald., 1871-09-11
MU5ICAL REVIEW.


| called ''My Darling" All Fradel's waltzes are sui
! Oea1is; they have peculiar charm AMI quaintness
about them that distinguishes them from all Others
We might add also that simple as these little gems
may appear tt ls necessary to hear them played by
the composer m order to appreciate them fully.
PattisOn's exquisite little song "5hut the door
Softly" meeting with great favor, ana many ed-
tioDs are already exhausted.
l. Louis Berge publishes a song OF his own called
, "Dy Those Bright Tresses OF Gold" The melody Is
fresh and pleasing, and march.like In character.
1t Is dedicated to Mr. e. J. shandley. The same
composer has written some spirited marches, and
seems be be better adapted for that style OF com.
position than .or anything else
William Hall son publish song by William
Vincent Wallace, entitled "The Name upon the
Tree" The melody has all the sponianeity charac-
tersc Of this composer. but is rather unnterest
! ing. Tne publishers should have tho Polonaise bJ
Julien, whlca they issued some time sluce. re-
arranged for The piano. as In its present form many
Of It's best and most telling points are lost In conse
quence OF the ncompetency or carelessness OF the
urranger. 1t Is pity that such fne work should
be lost to the paror concert, as 10 Is now In ls
present mangied form.
William A Pond Il Co. have q gem which they
seem TO know nothing about, and which Ia worth q
score Of their other publications THIS Il Opertrs
soug "Dreaming Eyes, Tor winch. II it Is once
I nearu Ill puOuC anu tdkcu up ny sOuc ldNoEito
singer, we confidently predict a popularity as great
and enduring as that or beautiful Isle Of the Sea'
or .'Happy be thy Dreams The melody Is lrresist-
bly, pleasing, and the w0ros. by Edward Coleman,
are oil ecuat merit.
| "Tne Hymn OF Brother Clement" Music by Alex.
| ander Ewing. This mun have been published
especially Tor tine composer, as we can hardly
imagine any experienced publisher eXpendiny one
dollar upon such worthless trash.
"kObin's Gomez Waltz song. +. Henssler. Here
| Is The sad results OF iDconsiderate ambition
! song ~ no easy tnluk TO Wrlte, ami certainly
this is the very worst attempt IN that line we have
, ever known. Pity the hapless soprano VINO may
"klargueriieu song. Virginia Gabriel. A pretty
J little thing Of Gne chansonnette order.
| sIne Nanuouue.p Screnade rom the burlesque
! OF 'iue beard." The mellow nsel Spanish In
cnaracter-ls unnieresting. and the arrangement
! lor Ine piano very Da,i.
/ '"Golen outh Galop." Sydney smith. IL would
| popular AZ sydney Smith, aud this Is one OF his
| s.SweeG sounds and transcription OF Gounod's
serenade,n Svdney smith. These are very COM
mendaUlo WORKS but rather overelaboraled
''sweet Sounds parucu,ary-a case OF linked
! both Is delicate aud artistic, but Judlcious
| pruning would greatIs improve them.
"Alce, Where Art ThouW Romance. J. Ascher.
A brlliiaut yet graceful, framework Tor this beau-
/ tilul song. The variations add to instead oi de
tfacng from the melody; o very rare thln& 10 nnu
! "Berceuse. W. Mason. genuine work Of art,
+, renders them still more attractive. The quaint
rny tnm OF the accompaniment lorms pleasing con-
+ 'VidetUe Gaiop." G. h. Badger. commonplace
and uhinserest.nH.
very poor and uninteres,lng picture OF the Never
sink highlands, ana entirely unworthy OF the com;
"Royal Bridesmaids Waltz. )" by Godrrev. IL one
OF the thousand trashy compositions called into ex-
Ses o ~ IS s1 me ttie puee which contains the ike
nesses OF the eight bridesmaids:
| ..,aItareIle.n ketterer. An interesting and bril-
liant specimen Of this curious Old dance whlcn Is
Something oI tne Jig order.
'.The DashIDg Gay Brunette" Song. J. Tapnen.
baum. A ger minstrel song, and very good
sweet sixteen wallzes.v Daniel Wlcgand. There
are about good tnenies aud the others are dry,
stale and uDprohiabic.
Ihe same house acts as agent Tor the publications
OF Cory Bros, Providence, VINO iurnlsh the lonow-
".Mnaaien ldyl. Carl weise The theme I'm SIX
eight time) Is mediocre but the treatment Is artistic
aud delicate IN the highest degree
Ealing Waters" MORGAN de salon. Alloys
uennes. The constant repetition or the ngure un.
uerneath wnlcn the meioy Is carried along IL
i rather onous. This may be true OF the su,.
Jcct, bu thea there are dozen ways OF iliustrat-
:.1he Meadow Dance" G. Lange. This IS simply
waltz, wiln some 0. the best lucas from Strauss
and some OF the worst from q. Lange.
"pure as snow.n ldyi. @. Lang.. A rather conf
monpIace theme ndiiIerentiy treated
.Birds OF sprlny.i woodland sketch. Edward
| HOFFMAN. A very attractive work aud 1t COM
! panion for the same composers Mocklng Blrd"
, fantasia.
! j. ". smith, Jr, OF Brooklyn publishes song, by
Charles 4. Sawyer, entitled 'AInerlcans Should
RuIen tribute 10 Governor Holman for his action
In reference tDe 18th of July riots. The musicI ~
q miserdbie parody on "John Brown' anu the
'poe,ry' Is trasn
! Koppitz, rra er & Co, Boston, publish mazurka
7 caprce by W. r. Pecnei. There y nothing part'cu-
larry fresh or interesting about TINS work. yet the
construction Is aiher pleasing tnai otherwise.
D,tsOn IL Go. publish The following g:--"Mornlng
I Mail Gaiop.r A. Grcbeis. commonplace To great
exIenL except In a change Il Key towards the end,
/ which relieves the ddlness OF the theme.
| The same house puolish ABOUT a dozen OF FabiO
Campana's songs. Here we have '.rhe Betrayed"
\ "Ihe Bcggar Boy,n "rhe Troubadour.' 'Tho
Tomo," "Ine Sign' "Come." 'Love Mel and ia
! Zingarells." There Is delicacy and rare poetic
| feeling ABOUT Campanas songs winch has intro
! duced him iutD every paror la London and mace
them favorItes In the concert hail. 1he best OF his
songs may he found In this collection,
Ernest linking has received from Europe some OF
the latest publications OF Peters aud Breitkopi a
! Haertel Among them arc some splendid editions
OF the classics, comprising Bach Beethoven, Haydn.
Handel, Mozart Mendelssohn, Schamann, schubert
and CHOPIN.
I Kedngton 4 Howe. syracuse, publish an eSqni-
site song, Under The Snow,n by A. j. Go0drcii'
which entirely Out OF the beaten track aud oriyr
A pat,n troa mt os NJ u.a. .i