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Speak Gently . A Ballad ; composed by Miss M . Lindsay ; arranged also by the Composer as a Vocal Duet . London : Robert Cocks and Co ., New Burlington Street . —This is just such a melody as might be imagined Avould emanate from a AA oman- —tender , floAving , and Avinning on the sense from bar to bar , until it loses itself upon the mind , even like a circle upon the Avaters spreading its . wide influence ; which , when it has departed , leaves the breast of the lucid element placid as the smile of infancy . The
accompaniment is a light and anything but difficult arpeggio , gliding harmoniously and quietly along beneath the delicate descant of the delightful motivo . There is one modulation that strikes us as eminently beautiful - It is in the eighth bar , Avhere , after apparently graduating for the dominant B flat : you find yourself agreeably surprised on discovering it
skilfully superseded by the key of G minor . The-words- are extremely o-ood , but the name of the author is not given . The fair composer has arranged this -morceau as a duet , quite Avithin the compass of contralto voices , and yet not too deep for those Avhose vocal pOAvers command a greater altitude of register .
Havelock to his Warrior Band— On , on , my Brave Band \ of Heroes !''• Words by D . ] Vt . Aied . Music by T . Beoavne . London : IT . Bale , 340 , Strand , —A very spirited and Avarlike composition , reflecting great credit on both the poet and the musician—the thoughts of the former seeming to be a reflex of those of the departed and lamented soldier , paraphrased in elegant and appropriate verse . The melody commences in the key of D minor , which is modulated so gradually as to be almost imperceptible , into T major ,
on AAuiich it finishes . This is very judicious , for Avlnle the melancholy of the minor portrays the sadness of the heart for the miseries inflicted by the sanguinary mutineers , the change to the spirited major speaks that enthusiasm that animated the patriotic bosom of the glorious and ever to be remembered Avarrior , Avho has left behind him a name enshrined in the hearts of a people of a grateful nation . The admirers of Havelock must possess this very excellent song .
The Chain of Flowers . A . Song . Poetry by J . E . Carpenter . Music hy Harold Thomas . London : Robert W . Oliver , 19 , Old Bond Street , Piccadilly . —Who that for the last tAventy years has known ought of lyric literature can claim to be unacquainted with the delightful poetry of Joseph Edwards Carpenter ? Sweet thoughted , pure languaged , high minded , have been his numerous productions . Other authors ivrite themselA ^ es out—not so
Avith Mr . Carpenter ; he seems to gather more strength and beauty every day , and the ballad now before us is only another proof thereof . The music , by Mr . Harold Thomas , is very appropriately dedicated to Miss Poole , who avc are assured would render . it delightfully . It is of a light and playful character , and is one of those compositions that a SAveet voice and a joyous spirit could not fail to trill with gratification to the listeners .
Ladies , this is a song for you ! The Maid of Judah . Poetry and Music by Charles Sloman . London Kobert Cocks , New Burlington Street . —What , another issue of this wonderw l I * ar sorig ! H ° many editions has it already gone through ? We congratulate Mr . Cocks upon hjs becoming the possessor of this Hebrew oaUad , especially at a time so apposite , when the Jewish question is so much upon the tapis . This song needs no laudation at our hands ; avc merel y call attention to the fact of its republication . VOL . v . o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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Speak Gently . A Ballad ; composed by Miss M . Lindsay ; arranged also by the Composer as a Vocal Duet . London : Robert Cocks and Co ., New Burlington Street . —This is just such a melody as might be imagined Avould emanate from a AA oman- —tender , floAving , and Avinning on the sense from bar to bar , until it loses itself upon the mind , even like a circle upon the Avaters spreading its . wide influence ; which , when it has departed , leaves the breast of the lucid element placid as the smile of infancy . The
accompaniment is a light and anything but difficult arpeggio , gliding harmoniously and quietly along beneath the delicate descant of the delightful motivo . There is one modulation that strikes us as eminently beautiful - It is in the eighth bar , Avhere , after apparently graduating for the dominant B flat : you find yourself agreeably surprised on discovering it
skilfully superseded by the key of G minor . The-words- are extremely o-ood , but the name of the author is not given . The fair composer has arranged this -morceau as a duet , quite Avithin the compass of contralto voices , and yet not too deep for those Avhose vocal pOAvers command a greater altitude of register .
Havelock to his Warrior Band— On , on , my Brave Band \ of Heroes !''• Words by D . ] Vt . Aied . Music by T . Beoavne . London : IT . Bale , 340 , Strand , —A very spirited and Avarlike composition , reflecting great credit on both the poet and the musician—the thoughts of the former seeming to be a reflex of those of the departed and lamented soldier , paraphrased in elegant and appropriate verse . The melody commences in the key of D minor , which is modulated so gradually as to be almost imperceptible , into T major ,
on AAuiich it finishes . This is very judicious , for Avlnle the melancholy of the minor portrays the sadness of the heart for the miseries inflicted by the sanguinary mutineers , the change to the spirited major speaks that enthusiasm that animated the patriotic bosom of the glorious and ever to be remembered Avarrior , Avho has left behind him a name enshrined in the hearts of a people of a grateful nation . The admirers of Havelock must possess this very excellent song .
The Chain of Flowers . A . Song . Poetry by J . E . Carpenter . Music hy Harold Thomas . London : Robert W . Oliver , 19 , Old Bond Street , Piccadilly . —Who that for the last tAventy years has known ought of lyric literature can claim to be unacquainted with the delightful poetry of Joseph Edwards Carpenter ? Sweet thoughted , pure languaged , high minded , have been his numerous productions . Other authors ivrite themselA ^ es out—not so
Avith Mr . Carpenter ; he seems to gather more strength and beauty every day , and the ballad now before us is only another proof thereof . The music , by Mr . Harold Thomas , is very appropriately dedicated to Miss Poole , who avc are assured would render . it delightfully . It is of a light and playful character , and is one of those compositions that a SAveet voice and a joyous spirit could not fail to trill with gratification to the listeners .
Ladies , this is a song for you ! The Maid of Judah . Poetry and Music by Charles Sloman . London Kobert Cocks , New Burlington Street . —What , another issue of this wonderw l I * ar sorig ! H ° many editions has it already gone through ? We congratulate Mr . Cocks upon hjs becoming the possessor of this Hebrew oaUad , especially at a time so apposite , when the Jewish question is so much upon the tapis . This song needs no laudation at our hands ; avc merel y call attention to the fact of its republication . VOL . v . o