The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1894-03-17 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

STAVE AND CLEF.  Messrs. Francis Day and Hunter, of 195, Oxford-street, London, NV., send us for notice Ivan Tchakoff's "Muscovite Dance," which is a happy musical inspiration brightly executed. "Fascination," a graceful dance, by R. E. Lawson, is prettily melodious. Karl Kaps's " Reine des Fees" (intermezzo), is a pleasant piece of musicianly work, and the "Pas des Coquettes, Dense Gracieuse," by Ernest Allan, we can speak of as a simple, but graceful coinposition of its kind. Adolphe Lindheim's "London March" we find to be effeetive and pleasing. The "Rajah Gavotte" (B. P. itabbotini) we can heartily praise as'a sprightly and easy-flowing piece of pianoforte music, calculated to give pleasure. Mr. Edward St. Quentin's " Highlander's Waltz" introduces several favourite Scotch airs, and "Ring o' the Bells Polka" (C. C. Corn) is a merry jingle of notes. Messrs. Hawkes and Son (London : 23, Leicester-square) send us the " Weaner Madln (Girls of Vienna) Waltz," by C. Ziehrer, and the oftener the modern young person plays it the better she will probably like it. We are very pleased with " The German Patrol" (R. Eilenberg). It is thoroughly Germaa in inception and execution, and in saying this, we mean it as a compliment. Played well, "The German. Patrol" is a composition which will be generally liked, it is thrilling precisely Lemuse its music breathes the spirit of reality. "La Preniier Danseuse Waltz" (S. Dodswell) plays with melodious smoothness. Mr. Albert E. Matt's "Sunset Intermezzo" is very acceptable to the ear, for throughout it is pretty and faithful to type. Among the recent publications of Messrs. Morley and Company (London 127, Regentstreet), we notice the "Josephine Gavotte,' by Milton Wellings—a composition of easy grace and graceful ease. The" Gage D'Ainour Minuet" (same author) is stately, fluent, and melodious. " Vale Lane's Second New American Barn Dance" is another characteristic contribution to what has become a fashionable craze in music. C. Francis Lloyd's transcriptions of the popular song Dearie" is well done. The song loses nothing of its sweetness, and the transcription will in all probability tend still more to popularise it. The London Music Publishing Company send us " The Ambassadors' Waltz " (Henry Klein), a very racy, aud, in our view, a very .‘ catchy" piece. "Wild Poppies Schottische, illiana Brooks, "goes with a swing," and should make its way. William Smallwood's transcription of " Dream Memories " (Lindsay Lennox), is simple, like most of Mr. Smallwood's popular works ; but our own opinion is that the song is worthy of a little more ornamentation, development, and " filling out." Mr. Charles Woolhouse (London, Waraourstreet), scnds us " Lurline," by Gustave Ernest It is ably written, and its most notable quality is its melodiousness. The •` Sans So-acid Gavotte " (G. St. George), has, we note, got into a third edition, and on the whole we think it deserves the distinction. it is a charming piece when well played, but it will not submit to murder. We think Mr Alex S. Beaumont's Melody, "Gage d'Amour," one of the best pieces of his we have seen. It voices a sympathetic note from the very first, and its charms grows on one as it is played. Mr. Arthur Fisher's " Vain Glissando, ' too, is fairly entitled to favourable mentio.u.