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PREFACE.

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"PNGLAND
protection

affords the

warmeft
of
all

to

abilities

kinds, of any country in the world.

Whether

that protection favours fo-

reigners, to the prejudice of natives,

we

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we will not pretend to Our criticifm we wifh

and

decide on.
to

extend

only to the illuftration of real merit ,

to the expoiition of pretended

talents,

how

well foever received.

that,

It is ftrange

in

this

country,

where
fo

ail objects

of amufement are
that

freely

canvarTed ?
its

hitherto

Mufic,

and

Profeffors,
:

fhould

have efcaped criticiim

fhelter of

under the

which darknefs, the moft

barefaced and impudent pretenders

have obtruded their plagiarifms and

absurdities
thaoesi

on the Public, in various

To

Ill

To
this
this

remove

this veil,

and detect
conto

imposition,

the

Editor gives

Pamphlet
of the

to the Public,
writer's

fcious

abilities

direct his readers

criticilm.

to true

and found

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Dario Mufico.

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jfc. Wfts

A'jtfl'E,

DOCTOR.
all

ALTHOUGH
tisfaclion

pofthumous

difcufiions are

deviations from our general plan,

we

can-

not in this fingle inftance deny ourfelves the fa-

of paying forne fmall tribute to the me.

mory of
the

fo defervedly diftinguifhed a favourite

is

for whilft there

a recollection ofEnglilh mufic,

will

name of Arne

hold

its

rank

in merit,

as

in its alphabetical precedence.

Proofs are unne-

ceflary to fupport his character.

his

He

compofed
da*

Comus when but twenty

years old, and Elfri-

)
poflefTes

da, written at an

advanced period of life,

the

fire

of youth with the judgment of age.

The

\erfatility of his 'genius manifefted itfelf in the

multitude of mofl excellent catches, glees, and

detached fongs, which he wrote throughout a long life. As we can't pafs over the celebrated
openj of Artaxerxes,
that there
is

we

are obliged to

remark,

a palpable

want of

originality

from

the beginning to the end.

A
Son of
but for
former.

E,

HA
He

L.

the late Doctor.

early
firft

made

his

appearance in the mufical world,

as a finger,

many years pad As a performer on

idluftrated

as a compofer and per-

the harpfichord, his

ftile is -lingular,
latti,

rather founded on that of Scar-

and

by powerful execution.

As

cOrripofer,' if

he did not croud his parts, and run

manner of the late Handel, we think he would be more fuccefsful.

fo

much

-intovthe fugeing

This .remark applies

to

fome favourhe fongs

which he has "written

The Highland Laddie?

&c,

S>veet PafTjon of Love,

AR

D,

AR..;D, DOCTOR.
Educated
Barnard Gates;
in

the King's Chapel under

Mr.

Although he has had frequent

opportunities as a compofer to difclofe his abilities,

he has not produced any remarkable work,

unlefs

"

we fhould point out his pretty rondo " If 'tis joy to wound a lover" As the Dotor has

never flood forth as a leflbn or concerto player on

the organ or harpfichord,

we mull
fetts

declare that

any

man who

attempts to write Progrejjive Leffbns

for the harpfichord, or fo

this

many

of leffons as

gentleman has publifhed, ought to be a per-

former of
Arnold.

much

greater notoriety than Dodtor

He has
fon,

compofed two Oratorio's.

'We can't
fhould
at,

fufficiently exprefs

our aflonifhment that any perin the King's Chapel,

who was bred up

ff

caufe the

Prodigal Son" to be laughed

Refurreiftion"
in

or

place thej

"

a ridiculous point

of view.

L.

A
,

1-jf

A German. He lived for fome years unknown

and
firft

in this country,

introduced himfelf to the

public by a

fet

of Overtures, which were deferv:

edly well received

though we

can't affirm that

firft,

his fucceeding fetts have kept pace with his

yet

many of the middle movements

betray an un-

common knowledge of harmony,

moft

by rendering the

abflrufe modulations pleafing.

Mr. Abel
knowledge to
;

plays with the delicate exprefllon on the Viol di

write fome

Gamba, and has had the Jingular good harpfichord lefibns

though we

have not heard that he ever particularly attached

himfelf to that infcrument.

A Y L
An
ham
Englishman

D,

ProfefTor- of

Mufic

at Gref-

College, where he reads lectures as often as

auditors will attend to hear them.

This erentleman has compofed fome Catches

with fuccefs.

A T T
An
anglilhman

R E
the

Y.

Goliaii of Mufic.

As
but

an Architect, we do not mean

to difcufs his merit;

(
>ut, as
t

a Compofer,

we vehemently recommend

to

him

rather to ftudy plans and proportionsj

han fpend his time in raifing fuch a Babel as his

Dratorio
difices.

and the

reft

of his grotefque mufical

B.CH,

JOHN CHRISTIAN. German. Mufic- Matter her Majefty*

to

Educated under that great matter Bach, of Bern, his father.

He was efteemed, from

his earlief!

outh until his arrival in England, as the molt

ipital

harpfichord player of his time.

his ilile

Of

late

;ars

he has changed

of playing, and

>mpofing for that inftrument, for a more eafy

id familiar

manner.

The

tafte,

which
is

is

fo

conbe-

icuous in his compofitions, he

not a

little

jlden to Italy for, where he reiided

It
:s

fome

years.

would

fill

volumes to particularize the me-

of his inftrumental and vocal productions.

B A

T E

R.
little

An

Englifhman, a finger, with

j

judgment

mufic

but he has a powerful voice and a good

B.RTHX.M.N.

to

B
'

R T H

N,

A Spaniard.If we

are to credit his account o

officer in the

himfelf, that he

was an

SpaniOi

fer

pronounce the ufe h< vice, then indeed we muft fron made of the inftrucYions he received
Barfanti,
lingular.

the

prieft

in

this

city,

as

^ver
of
tl

As

a compofer,
his

his

Maid
his

Oaks, and

fome of

fob concertos,
performer,

entitljj

him

to praife.

As

execui

tion and

expreffion are

warmly

to be applauded

His Adagio

ftands unrivalled,

we may

fay,

h;<

never been approached.

Some

latent caufc

mu
hi

fucceeding have prevented Mr. B. from Perhaps he merit. to his oftenfible

portion

in pre

not more bile than

is

ufually given by nature,

M
1

comprefied into
overflows
;

fo fmall a

compafs

as his

frame,
lefs Kid

and if we had not fomewhat

detraction, than lignity, envy, and ineffe&ual

(m faid) exercifes, he would not have experience

the candour with which
trait.

we have given

his

po

"

BATTISHILL.
:

An Englifhman,

of much merit in his perform-

'.nee

on the Organ, which he touches in true or-

ganic ftyle.

His
bngs,
ilyle.

fc

Kate of Aberdeen" and other of

in

his

are

a raoft

beautiful

and exprefilve

R T

N.

An
las

Englifhman, an harpfichord-mafter,
leflbns in a ftrange

who
his

compofed fome
ftyle,

and un-

couth

which were never played but by

It pleafed

"cholars.
lis

this

gentleman to chriften
fantaftically,

muficmoft
of

prettily

and

mayhap

:o

give the language mailer more frequent opporinftru<fting his fcholars.

tunities

R T

N.

A
the

German, organift of the Lutheran chapel at Savoy, where he exhibits great fl<ill in moduand a thorough knowledge of the powers

lation,

|f his inftrument.

His tone on the violin

is

good,

.1*
is

good, but his manner

JHBs friends

languid and

fpiritlefg.

fpeak fo highly of fome manufcript

his,

compofitions of

that

we

are furprized at the

mediocrity of the Opera performed at Covent-

Garden

theatre,

which he has publifhed.

R T

1.

An

Italian,

compofer of diftinguifhed fame

in Italy

many

years ago.

old fchool in which

Italic or expreffive,

His ftyle is that of the Handel was bred but more

;

It is furprizing that a

gen-

tleman of Signor

B.rt.ni's

judgment

in,

mufic

fnould prefiime to publifh lefTons for the harpfi-

ehord an
fert that

this country

we might venture
in Italy, nor

to af-

he can't play on that instrument, as fuch

is

performer

phenomenon

is

that

mftrument ever ufed there but to accompany...

Though we
tions,

Could not enough condemn the nobh,

iyfurance, Anglice,

imp

......

ce of fuch

publica-

we will not be
his

particularly fevere

on Signor

B.rt.ni, as we/are inclined to think that the ex-

ample of

countrymen Saccbim and Giordaniy

(Both of whom
c'hbrd as
].: -1

know jut

as

much

of the harpfi-

he does)" induced him to exhibit the fub-

of our ariim'adverfion,

B,RN,Y,

B.RN.Y, DOCTOR.
Has
Mufic.
written a learned/and elegant hiftory of

We

can't fay

much

in his

praife

as a

compofer, his leffons having nothing remarkable

in

them, but the frequent repetition of one note,

trick

which

we think

rather ill-adapted to

the

harpfichord.

He
fince

firft

wrote leffons for two per-

formers on one inftrument, which are very inferior to

fome

publimed by Mr. Bach.

R N

Y.

Nephew to the Doilor. A performer on the harpMchord of moll capital and original execution, particularly neat in the
trick

performance of the

above alluded

to,

and which nothing but the

ability of

Mr. B.rn.y could excufe. would

We are

fur-

prized that this gentleman

has never publimed

certainly prove very
iaftru-

any

leffons, as they

acceptable from fuch a great mailer of his

ment, and from fuch

only.

BTL.R;

H
T L

>
.

B
This gentleman
(which
is

R.

will tell

you that he ftudied

If he did,

three years in Italy under Piccini.

not univerfally credited)

his

we

are afto-

nifhed that

Whether

to

improvement did not follow. blame Piccini's heart, or B.tl.r's head,

it is

we know
get fix

not* but
in

furprizing that, if he did

lejfons

compofition from that great

mailer or any other, he fhould be ignorant that

mufic for F.

Horns

cannot be played by thofe of

P.

He

has favoured the public with an opera

wrote by his great patron Mr. C-mb-rl--d.

Alas, poor Calypfo
!

in

which opera Mr. B-tl-r

fort

has endeavoured to whifper to the audience the

idea of a ftorm
breeze,
ly.
ti

by the
it

zephyrs of a loveajfetted-

turn ti-ring

throughout moft

We

believe this gentlemen ftept forward as

a finging-mafter, but, like other great men, and

equally
capable,

teaches

to

play

the

harpfi-

chord, and has compofed a fet of leffons for that

inftrument, though incapable (perhaps) of play-

ing what he has writtem

CR.M.R.

15

R V

R.

German.

Gives to the world the Concertos

as his

which he generally plays,

whifpered that B-ch (to
fic

own, though
the lovers of

'tis

whom

mu-

are

much
)

indebted for the importation of this

aflifts

gentleman

him
ear.
firrc

to melodize, as well as

harmonize, before he ventures to produce any

thing for the public
lities are

As

a performer, his abi-

of the very

rank.
full

His execution

is

rapid and clean, his tones

larly fo fince his

and even, particuthe firings and

good
to

fenfe permitted that great

matter Giardini

new model

bow of his
playing

inftrument.

We

mufl not omit his

at fight

with great

facility.

C
An

T
As

R.

Irifhman, from Dublin, bred

up

in the ca-

thedrals of that city.

a compofer, his lefibns

have norhing either of the rapidity or expreflion

which he difplays
-

in his

performance.

Two

ex-

cepted, 3d and 6th Op. prima, the beft in the cantabile ftyle fince

Domenico

Alberti's days.
is

His

opera of the Rival Candidates

.

very pretty, and

ftill

(
flill

>

a favourite
-,

and we think the temper! fong

in that opera

iea-fight fong in the Milefian fan;

other of his operasj

a Vauxhall fong beginning " Tally ho," the bed defcripNanny/' and

tions of fuch various

and oppofite characters we

know of.

Mr. G-rt-r muftnot, however, engrofs

the whole of this eulogium.

We
of
it

hope he
betwixt

will

permit us to divide fome

little

Mr.

B-nn-ft-r and Mrs. Wr-gTit-n, in tHeir perform-

ance of the fea-fight and hunting fongs.

performer, his talents are of the
larly
firft clafs,

As

particu-

on the piano

forte.

The

chronicles of his

country fay that he was an organift,

play,

and could

nay tranfpofe,

at fight,

the

'

book being

turned topfy-turvy,'^ at
Irifli

ten

years old.

The
-

relied on,

much to be we can't implicitly believe all of this t though we acknowledge his great readinefs, at
legends being in general not

prefent, in

playing

at fight.

COKE, DO
:

XO

R.

Handel was afked why he did not take his deVat de'dyfil I trow my he replied gree " money avay-fur dat de blockhead wi(h,

c<

<c

no

) to apply that epihis

" no

vant."

Far be

it

from us

thet to Doctor

C ke;

but, as he has taken

degree,

we

wifli

he had given us an opportunity

to judge either of his compofitions or his per-

formance.

He

is,

however, the editor of

,

and

is

an organifc of Weftminfler
his induftry to

Abbey,

in

both which capacities,

collect his half-guinea

fubfcriptions,

and fecure
are

the reverfions

of organift

places,

fuper-

eminent.

C&.
.

rik e-rld-L-

CL.M.NTI.
Has compofed Tome
fetts

An
fons,

Italian.

of lef-

which abound

in paffages fo peculiar and dif-

ficult, that it is

evident they mult have been prac-

tifed for years

preceding their publication.

to the fuccellions of oc-

We particularly allude
Mr. C. executes

taves with which he has

crammed

his

lefTons.
is

thofe exceedingly well, and

mod

brilliant performer.

CR.SD.LL.

18

R
,-

L.
arrival

Aw
try,
ties.

Englifhman

who, before the

of

Dupbrt, the celebrated violoncello

in this

coun-

was efleemed

a performer of tolerable abili-

Stimulated by the example^ and improved

inftruction of that great mafter,

by the

he has

TiCen to the highefl perfection.

We wifh

him

to

have a greater variety, and better mufic for his

fblos.

C.'RV.TTO,
A
R-is

performer on the violoncello of fuch equal

merit with Crofdill, that Mr. Bach retains both at

concert.

We

wifh that this gentleman's ex-

ertions to pleafe were not fometimes defeated by a

difagreeable noife.

D
An

B
firrt

N.
to

Englifhman,

made himfelf known

the world by the Padlock, the mufic of which

has great merit, and has univerfally pleafed.

remarkable, that the bed fongs in

It is

that petite

piece*

piece, fuch as

" Dear
hurry
?"

heart !"

"

Gh

wherefor

"

this terrible

and others, which have

cc

ftrong character and genius in them, are fcareely

noticed, whilft'the trifling fongs of

Say,
I

littles

u
**

foolifh, fluttering thing,"

and " Was

a fhep-

herd's maid," have had great applaufe.

is

The

mufic of the Waterman

in the

fame predica-

ment

for the farewell,

beft fong in the

whole piece,
is

" Then
" ah
J"

my

trim-built wherry !"

al-

moit unnoticed.

His Quaker's fong, " Merrily,

" Blow high, blow low," C Sweet Willy " O," and many others, bear great marks of original genius,

which

it is

to be lamented has not

been nurtured by proper inftrudlion, and

im-

proved by regular ftudy.

D U P U
consideration, he
King's organijf.

S.

A very little mufician indeed

muft be

yet,

upon due
he
is

a great one, for

\ T

Z.

A German,

whofe compofitions and perform*

ftill

ances would have

continued in the oblivion

th*y

20
if

they were in for years,

the novelty of Backers^

at the

piano

forte,

which was exhibited

Thatchedharpfi-

houfe, and Shudi's

improvement on the

chord, on both of which Mr, Di-tz .fame

how

or

other was permitted to perform, had not recom-

mended him
lar,
is

to the notice of
a

one lady

in particu-

who, from

goodnefs of heart, for which Die

well

known, got him fome bufmefs.

R,

DOCTOR.
If the

Bred up
ihould
fail

in the

houfe of Lord Tyrawley, where

he was inftructed by Mr. Pinto.

to

Doctor
it

become

a great compofer,

will-

not happen through indolence, as we learn he

indefatigable.

is

We are

therefore the

lefs

inclined

to credit the afiertions of'that great and multifarious

compc/er,

Mr. H--k, who name was

if

fcrupled not to

fay,

that he had wrote every thing to which Doctor

F-fh-r's
affixed.

To

this

we

ihall

only

remark, that

ever he was employed by Doctor

it

F. to compofe for him,

muft have been under

the feal of fecrecy, which Hook's breaking,

we

cannot palliate or excufe.

As
and

a performer, the
is

Doctor has great

fire

and execution, and

daily
that,
if

improving

in

his

tones

we

think

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if lie

21

was not quite

fo eager to fhew his

command
all,

Over the violin, and would blend fomewhat more

of the piano with

to tranfgrefs
tjie

his. forte,

but above

never

rules of accompariying,

by playhirrij

ing an ottave higher than the notes before

he would be a very excellent leader;

R.

German

the very celebrated performer ori

the hautboy.
original* often

As

compofer, his defire to be

produces thoughts whimfical and

his playing

outree, and

which nothing but

could

cover.

His tone ('though not that of the hautis

boy, being between that and the clarinet)

fine,

very

and inexpreflibly well managed;

L O R
He
we

O;
3

Saxon.

has publifhed fome mufick

but never having heard himfelf* or any one

play that mufic,
fhall pafs it over.

elfe.,

As

a per-

former on the

flute, his

tone

is full

and round, yet

fall

fometimes forced.

If he did not

into the

common

vice of folo performers, attempting to

fur-

it

furprize

more than

to pleafe,

we mould

give

him

unlimited praife for his performance on an inftru-

ment

-,

the efTence of which

is

expreflion, and not

execution;

G
An
above
Italian,

A R D

L
London
has

who, from
years

his entree into

-thirty

fince,

into

London,

fupported that pre-eminence, which, as the coith

pofer of an infinity of charming folos and concertos,

he

is

fo well entitled to

and as a performer,

ivhofe mellifluous

tone,

knowledge of bowing,
violin,

and of the finger-board of the

tainable.

feem unatreadily fub-

This

is

the miJfical creed, which that

very capital performer, Cramer, fo

fcribed to,

when he judicioufly permitted Giardini to change his firings and bow; a circumilance attended with fuch good fenfe and modefly on
one
fide,

and difintereflednefs on the other, that

we

can't fufficiently

commend it.,
i

We know G
harmoniil
j

is

not efleemed the moil able

as

but fuch talents

he pofTeiTes, ought,
bajs

nay do amply cover, zf.ngular

which

may

fame-

23

fometimes occur

in a folo, or a feries

of thin har-

monies

in a concerto.

He has
found,

compofed an Oratorio.
are con (trained to fpeak

But, as per-

fection flike

the longitude^ has never yet been

we

of

it

Rafter

thofe of the immortal

Juftring

HandeU

as a pretty Italian

compared with Englifh brocade.

aifo

He has
lity

compofed

leflbns

and quintettos for

fay the univerfato play.

the harpfichord, which

we dare

of his genius has enabled him

It

would have been inexcufable

to

have forgot-

ten his ability as a leader.'

He is

the only perfon

in

who, to

attain *he

fame kind of exprejfibn

a paf-

fage, obliges all thofe

who

play from one part to

bow

alike

and thefe

flirong proofs

of his feelings

and judgment, he extends to the tenor and violoncello.

His commands
it

are fo abfolute,
as criminal to

yet

convincing, that
lect his

would be

neg-

motions, as for a Pruffian foldier to ftep

out of his rank.

G I O R-

24

fi^0-~^&l

O^n^

G
An
Italian.

O R D A
For
feveral years connected with

a troop of Italian ^rollers.

With

thefe he tra-

verfed Italy and Germany, in their

land.

way

to

Eng-

In the various fcenes they efcaped, our

Signior picked up and retained many of thofe motivos and passages, which he has fince prefented to the public.

From England

he went into Ireland, where he

became acquainted with Tenducct, who was

ihortly after confined for marrying a lady of that

country, and prefuming

rated,

he.

would not be

libe-

had the ingenuity

to

produce three

trios

of

Tenducci's, which the world gave him credit for

as his

own, and he never

undeceived them.

He

has been fo obliging as to put together a pafa third of

fage of Bach, another of this mailer, that mafter

into the

bit of

one long,

a fcrap

of another,

form of

lejfons
j

and

concertos,

which he
term.

CALLS.-ComDofing

indeed his application of the

*5

term

is

apropos, for they are literally

put to-

gether,
Thefe he
retails

where he teaches, for

;

*tis

faid

that he has fcholars on the harpfichord

though*

when he
of

company with a mafter of that inurnment, endeavours to make the folicitations

falls

into

my

lady,

or

the hon. Mrs.

not his pre-

fumptioii) his excufe.

In a word, this modefl gentleman's productions

are

the

Foundiing-hofpital of

flolen.,

defaced

mufic.

Like gvp ri es,

Defacing
firfl

left

the brat be

known,
for his

then claiming
ffC
.

own*

-< Cur

G
Of Durham.
leffons

R T

H,
fetts

The compofer of feveral

Harpsichord,
title

of

for the

which,

for

the

amount of their
<f

merit, might be procured much,

cheaper, under the

of " Instructions for

price is. 6d.

the Harpsichord,

*
.

>

H
Master

Y.
in Ireland,

of the King's ftate-band

the only patent-place in the mufical department.

He

was inftructed to play the

violin in Italy
firft

by

Tartini for feveral years, but received his

im-

preOions from Giardini, which

it

would feem

were

much

the ftronger, as he brought nothing of

Tartini out of Italy but his mufic.

He

is,

on the

whole,

a very neat

performer,

and

a tolerable

imitator of Giardini' s tone and manner,

H
An
one of the

R R

P.

Englifh lady, a finger.

fineft foftenuto

She

is

pofTefFed

of

voices that ever was

heard in this country.

fhe derives
tary to

Her knowledge

of mufick

from Joah Bates,

a

efq. formerly Secre-

Lord Sandwich, and now Commiffioner

;

of the Viclu ailing-office

abilities as a

gentleman of great

performer on the harpfichord, parti-

cularly in playing the choruffes of

Handel
in a

and

of very extenfive knowledge of

forte
is

mufick.

Her
moil
Irifh

the'affettuofo,

which fhe difplays

eminent

and

expreffive

manner

in

the

long of " Anna."

HARPER

27

HARPER.
An
now
Englifh lady, a finger,
firfl

apprentice to

Theodore Smith, afterwards a fcholar of Arnold, and

of Sacchini.
ilyle

Her

voice
is

is

not very flrong,

but her

and manner
will,

exceedingly pleafing.

Mifs Harper

with attention, become one of

the befl fingers in this or

any other country.

H
Bred up to trade
at

K.

Norwich.

He
all

early

dif-

clofed a love for mufic, and has, on

occasions,

fhewn himfelf well acquainted with the works of

the befl compofers.
all

If a deluge fhould obliterate

traces of miific,

and the elaborate works of this

gentleman only efcape, they would ferve as an

Ark

to convey to pofterity a fatisfadtory idea of

the mufic of all the compofers of this age.

Indeed Mr.

Hook

merits

more

praife

than

fome of

his envious brethren will allow

him, for
<c

his induftry to collect has

been unceafing.

On

" the

(
ct

25

Opening of the Artifls Room in the Strand" an Ode was performed, compofed by Mr. Hook. When the performance was over, fome of the conofcenti, difcuffing its merits, apthe
cc

pealed to Giardini, f who had conducted./' for his

decifion
it
j

he aflerted, with peculiar gravity, that

beft mufic he

was the
C

had heard.

" Why,'*
True,"
re-*

fays one,

It is not all his

own"
that
is

<f

plied the keen Signor,

"

the reajon for

it is Jo

" good:*

Mr. Hk's afFedion

itfelf flike

Mr. Bach's
la-

mufic has manifefted

bourer Giordani^) in

his fellow

a variety

of inftances, and
thefe libleft re-

emboldened by Bach*s acquiefcence in berties, openly attacked his " Shady

tc

treat" at Vauxhall,

infomych that the modest

cried fhame.

Mrs. Weichfel blufhed, and

he treated a certain
vent Garden
cc

How
at

Lady of the Manor"

but
let

Coat

we

wilh to forgot;

us not

omit to record
Vauxhall.

his

tittuping on the organ

H.W.RD.

H.W.RD, DOCTOR.
The compofer
thirty years part.

of feveral favourite

airs

about

We wifh we could pay as

much

tribure to his mufical abilities, as the

verfally

world uni-

ackhowledge

to his goodnefs of heart.

N.
efTays

Of

Exeter.

This gentleman's

and pre-

faces to his

works he had better fpared, for they

criticifm to dilcover rather too

awakened
he dreamt
r

many
a very

pecularities,

and food for remark, than, perhaps,

of.

His
in a

" Heavy hours"

is

fwee fong, and

pathetic ftyle

the canzonet,
in
it>

" Time
pleafing,

has not thinn'd

my

flowing hair" very

though there are fome pafTages

that are not juftifiable by the rules of thorough

bafs.

K
An
Englifh

N N

Y.
to the

woman, apprenticed

htc

Doctor Arne.

She has the fmeft contr'alto voice

that has been heard for

many

years.

Nature has
been

3
to her,

been
count,

fo

bountiful

that,

on

her

ac-

we hardly have

occafion to lament the lofs

of her able mailer, fo well qualified to teach her

to fing and fpeak articulately.

Y.

Harpsichord Matter Extraordinary to the Queen. Some leffons of his compofition, which
fell

under our infpection fome years ago, fhewed a

peculiar knowledge of arpeggio and modulation.

But

his

extempore playing on the organ

fields, baffles all defcription.

at

St.

Martin's in the

Such

exquifite flights,

fancies,

and execution, adapted

to the inftrument, which few

have not been exceeded,

know we may fay

or pra&ife,

attempted,

even by Handel, though the fuge, the tneer fage of

the latter was greater.

currently

It

is

reported

that

" Cook has

been promifed the reverfion of the great Kel way's

place.

KE.B.E.

3*

K E
Organist of
St.

E.

Hanover fquare, which place he got by the decifion of Handel in

George's,
his

favour, in preference to one Matthifon,

in the

who
but

was a very great player

a

chromatic

ftyle,

madman.
Mr. Keeble's
firfr.

fett

of Fugues, publifhed two

years ago, are, with refpecl: to fugeing, (or lugging

in the Jubjcff

whereever and however you can)

very good.

His entremets, or

flute-fwell,
;

and

eccho interlardings, are contemptible

they are

the dregs of the old-fafhioned, running paffages,

iriftead

of long-fwelling notes, or creeping inter'tis

vals,

which

amazing the

fwell

or eccho flop

does not dictate more frequently to organifts.

M M

L.

German, formerly ( he

fays ) an officer in the

Pruffian fervice.

He has

publifhed feveral works,

which Mr. Bach has, with great good-nature, af~ filled him in, as he has done for others. As a
perfomer on the violin his talents are below me-

diocrity

(
diocrity
;

3*

and though he has compofed for the

harpfichord,

we know

his

talent for

that inftru-

ment

is

on a par with

his violin performance.

N L

Y.
the Patentees

Formerly of Bath; now one of

of Drury-lane Theatre, the band of which he has

very fenfibly ftrengtruned, and we hope his endea-

vours

may

not be marred by the untoward difpo-

fkions which he has to manage.

This gentlebut, though

man's

ftyle is

undoubiedly

his

own ;

w~

are

hippy to commend

original gen:us, yet it

does not always pleafe.

He had

been a harpfichord-mafter at Bath for

a long time.

Of his

talents in that fphere

we

are

entirely uninformed.

In his reputation as a ring-

ing mafter he has been

tive

much

affifted

by the na-

powers of

his daughters.

L
Daughter
Linlevj

Y,

MISS.
in
lifter

of the above gentleman, who,

our opinion, promifes to excel her

Mifs
and

who

retired

from the ftage two years ago*

33

and we think that fhe may poffibly approach the inimitable and expreffive manner of her eldeft lifter,

Mrs. S

n.

LA M
Born
years in
in France,

E.
earlie**

but fpent ten of his

England
five

he then went abroad, and refince.

turned

years

We

know not from

whom
feem

he received inftructions, nor does his ftyle

to be the adoption of any particular mailer,

effort to play the

but rarher an

mod

difficult

and

ill-fuited paffages

on the violin.

We
he
is

advife

Mr.

La Motte
think
it is

to endeavour at obtaining a tone.

in his

We

power.

And

if

defirous of

ever becoming a great performer,

ihift

he mull not

from odtave

to octave, but reflrain his exe-

cution within the board.

common

extent of the ringer

L E

N.

A Frenchman,
boy
in
j

of great execution on the haut-

but fo inveterately addidted to chromaticks

his folos

and cadences,

that, whilft

he perfeveres

34
it

veres in his affection,

will

prove an invincible

obftacle to his endeavours to pleafe.

LE BR.N, MADAME.
A
mer.
five,

German woman,

wife of the above perfor*

The compafs of
we have

her voice

is

more

exten--

and her tones more equal than thofe of any

heard.

other female

She has been care-

fully inftruc~r.ed,

and has made good ufe of thofe

inftructions, as

me

plainly proves

by her excel-

lent flyie, and judicious cadences.

L E

I.

A Jew,

formerly Clerk at the Synagogue, His

is

feigned voice

entirely

modelled on an imitation
If he could paraphrafe. the

of the Italian

caftrati.

tone of Mangoli, the expreffion of Tenducci, or

the fhake of Roncaglio,

we would applaud

his

en-

deavours; but we really cannot praife a

Italian imperfections.

retail

of

S.

3S

N.R.S,
A very
man.

DOCTOR.
a very refpectable
its

good mufician, and

For many years chief mafter for the harpvicinage

;

fichord at York, and

now

organift

of the King's chapel.

Plays in a very good ftyle

on the organ, and has compofed fome good church

mufic.

N
An
turity,

R R

S.

Englishman, a finger.

Organift at Oxford.

For fome time

after his voice

had arrived

at

ma-

he fang very agreeably, but lately his tones

are monaftick and guttural.

Oxford Chriftmas

brawn has too

voice.

much

fattened his

London Lent

P
Bred up

S.

in the choir

of Weftminfter.

Here-

fided in Italy for

fome time.

This gentleman never compofed, nor does he

play on the harpfichord;

but then his finging

tafle)
are,

(meaning

his

voice

and

as

we

prefume

prelume
all
is

he

thinks^

fufEcient

to

monopolize
he

merit.

This

we

are
it

apprehenfive

Jo well Jatisfied

of,

that

fometimes

lefTens

the pleafure which (ferioufly fpeaking ) his talents can beftow.

As a Tinging

matter

we look on
y

him

to be eqnal to any in

London,

tho

he

is

not a foreigner.

P An
Italian.

I.

Came

into this country

about
is

four years ago to teach iinging, for which he

very capable, having a flexible

a clear one.
lity,

falfetto,

though not

He

runs divifions with great facitafle,

and lings with

though

'tis

the thou-

Jandth edition of what

neral.

we hear from

Italians in

ge-

That the Italians can fingwith more

country, muft be allowed. -

expreftion,

or rather Joftnejs, than the people of any other

Why

this

is fo,

we

will not at prefent endeavour to accounc for, other

than to fay their language

caufes of this fuperiority.
it is

is

one of the principal

fuch advantages,

With

wonderful that they are

tafte or fancy.

in general poffeft

of
of

little

For the

juftice of this re-

mark, we need only appeal

to the recollection

the

37

the frequenters of the Opera, where

may be

heard

the fame finging out of tune, the fame improper

manner of catching at a note, inftead of coming to it at once, the fame cadences, and in a word
fo little variation

of ftyle or exprefiion, that, was

fliould hardly

not a

new name announced, we

one,
is

fup~

pofe the finger ever was changed.

This remark
to Signor

being a general
FiOzzi.

not directed

He

too has cOrtipofed leflbns for the

harpficliord.

We

imagine that the air of

this

country has the peculiar quality of endowing thofe

with

ability

for the harp/ichord, who, in their

own

country (Italy for example) are never fufpected

of fuch a

talent.

MCH..R.TTL
An
years
lis

Italian, firft

feriou's

finger at the Opera.

Italy for

His fame has founded through

a*s

many

their

bed

finger

but he has not favoured

in this

country with a fpecimen of any fuch

extraordinary talents.

Signor Pachierotti
j

is

not

young; he
is

fings horribly out of tune

j

his voice

cracked

and

his

manner

is

indifferent.

We
fuper-

muft therefore conclude

_

that, if ever

he was fo

3*
his

fuperlatively
elapfed.

great,

prime

is

long

fince

K.
excellent performer

An

Englishman.

A very
his

on the hautboy.

He

need not blufh to own that

he owes. much of

improvement

to Fifcher.

We

do not mean that he received

;

inftrudtions

from Fifcher
he has made

but hearing

fo great a

peformer,

has flimulated him to practice what he heard, and

a rapid progrefs

towards perfection.

His accompanying

a voice

is

particularly delicate.

He often
is

\sfword-bearer at Vauxhall, a ceremony

which we think neceflary to explain.

to play a folo,
is

Whoever
hilt, for it

prefented by the mafter of the

ceremonies in the green-room with a

has been, doubted whether there was a blade an-

nexed thereto, with which

ftruts

hilt

he

is

begirt,

and

through the
the folo
hilt
is

crowd

into

the
is

oreneftfal

When

over, the performer

difarmed,

and the

hangs over the chimney, for the next

Often has the curiofity of Mrs.
at this hilt,

folo player.

Wrighten tugged

but fhe never was

able to unfcabbard the contents,

P.NTO,

39

N T
A

O.

A
ers

Portugueze.
violin.

One of

the greateft perform-

on the

bold-fpirited leader,

and

plays at fight fo familiarly, that he oftener turns

the

book upfide-down, than plays

in the

common

way.

With uncommon
lazy,

natural gifts, poor Pinto

was indolent,
cefs, as to

and whimfical to fuch an ex-

give reafon to imagine that he was not

at all times compos mentis.

We lament his

banifh-

ment

to Ireland.

PO Z

I,

G N O R A.
and
is

An

Italian.

One of
flie

the Buffa's at the Opera.

a very fine

She has a very

fine voice,

wo-

mam
men
of

Though

has been under a great

many

ability, (he ftill

wants instruction.

R A
An
at
the.

I.

Italian.

Formerly
and

fir ft

ferious

finger

Opera,

the belt actor fince

Guaex-

dagni.
tent,

As he
exprefiion,

pOiTeiTes

no
in

uncommon
his

or

tone

voice,

we
are

4o

are at a lofs to account for his favourable reception.

He now
to exhibit

teaches

to fing
fine

and, as the

Signor has undoubtedly

care

teeth,

he takes

them
exhorts

as

much
his

as pofiible, as

by
the

doling them and ftretching

poflible
;

mouth

wide at

and

his

pupils

to

do

fame,

as the beft method, of learning.

Sig-

nor

Rauzzini
duos,
his

is

an at-all

in

compofition.

Songs,
flow
can

trios,

quartettos,

and
j

operas,
but

from

pen,

equally

good

how

we

fraife his

accompanied

recitativos ?

hi*

harpfichord UJJonsl

s>

H.

Composer of an opera
herd,

called the Royal Shepat

performed fome years ago

Co vent -garden

theatre.

Which
This

opera, though affifted by the

powers of Tenducci and Crenonini, proved a meer

Rufh-light.
is

not difficult to account for,

when we

confider that the mufick was an indif-

ferent attempt at Italian pathos.

in that opera,

The favourite fong

differs

" Vows of love,"

v^ry

little

from

41
in

from a favourite rondeau

Giardini's opera of

Ezio, performed and publifhed

fore.

many

years be-

Mr.

Rum
of

has compofed leflbns and con-

certos for the harpfichord, which are fufficiehtly

iliuftrative

'his

powers

on that inftrument,

without any remark from us.

R
An
dini,

D
at

S.

Englifhman.

Firfl violin

Drury-lane

theatre.

We are

quite unhappy that

Mr. Giar-

and others,

who have
:

alphabetical prece-

dence of Mr. Richards, have quite exhausted our

ftock of compliments

we

therefore requeft

Mr.

Richards to accept

fincerity, in lieu

of

flattery.

We

pronounce Mr. Richards a regularly rude,

rugged, rough rafper.

ST.M.TZ.

42

Z.

A German,
fome overtures
a

fon of Stamitz,

the compofer of
1

in a fuperlative fryle.

The Ton

is

good

theorift,

and

has alfo compofed

credit.

fome
little
it

things which do

him much

His tenor

playing

is

very great, and he only wants a

it,

affettuofoto be intermixed with

pital.

to

make

ca*

His

violin performance

is

very inferior.

N V

W.
on the harpfias indifputIt
is.

An

Englifhman.

A performer

chord of fuch rapidity and execution,

ably entitle him to be called a matter.

amazing
tion

that, whilft

we have men of fuch execuas

and knowledge of fingering,

Mr. Snow,
in

and others

whom we

have pointed out, that fuch

fwarms of bunglers fhould receive countenance

obtruding on
compofitions.
the publick their inftrudtions

and

S.CCH.NI.

43

C
The

H
deity

N
of

I.

An
melody,

Italian.

the

Orpheus of
talents

this

harmony and As a age.

compofer,

his

are

immenfe.
the
the

The
yet

fublimity of his
his

choruffes,
recitativo's,

expreffion of
fulnefs,

accompanied

blended

harmony
beautiful

of

his

inftru mental
his

parts,

and

the

fimplicity of

fubjecls,

are fo extraordinary, that

feffed

we wonder they

are pof-

by one man.

Sacchini's abilities are notr

withftanding confined to operatic performances.

His inftrumental productions

are

much

inferior.

I.

An
rinij

Italian

woman.
is

Tres jolie, bien decouplee,

and the

belt Buffa that

we have had fmce Zampavery thin, and her excel-

but her voice

lence almoft entirely depends on her action.

N L

Y.
lately

An

Englilhman, and an old organifr,

ap-

pointed Mailer of the King's Band, and Compofer

to his Majefty.,

His voluntaries

for the

organ are

not

44

not extraordinary.
preparations
feries

He

adagios

common
the

place
a

and

refolutions,

fugues,

of imitations,

often miltaken for fugeing,

for

and thofe movements

echo
flops,

the

Mute

fwel],

or

are erroneous in their

in their ilyle.

application,

and indifferent

SM.TH,
A
Jbop.

alias

S
in

H M D T.
.

German.
and

Formerly
fince

the fuite of
efpoufed
tells

Lord
a
Bi-

Rivers,

warmly

by

The Mufical Catalogue

us of his

rma Opera 2 da ad infinitum , but this is all we know of his works. Inafmuch as his Mufical

Directory profeffes to teach the harpfichord

afliftance

without the
tendance

of amafrer, we think

his atit

at the

boarding-fchool for which

was

written, implies

fome

trifling-contradiction.

E T

R.

German.

He has
:

compofed the harpfichord

part of fome concertos; the accompaniments are they are neither very new, written by Mr. Bach

nor ver" flrikine.

The

6th of thefe concertos he

plays

45

plays in a very elegant and mafterly flyle

-,

his ca-

dences are well imagined,

and

if his

penchant

was not rather

Would
excel

to play rapidly than al core,

fortes

he

on the piano

T
A
flute,

T.

performer of great eminence on the German

to which inftrument he has tacked an un-

heceflafy
as

number of

keys.

We decide on them
at leaft

unneceflary, becaufe Florio, with

an

equal power and compafs, plays without them.

Tacet has compofed, but we never have feen or

heard his works.

He

has very great execution,

\

though not greater than Florio's

lb generally foft or pleafing.
f

nor

is

his

tone

T
An
Italian,

N D

defervedly of the greateft reputa-

tion for cantabile finging of any caftrato that has

appeared

in this

country.

His

ftyle

is

formed on

that of Caffarelli,

by

whom

he was inftrudted.

Tho'

his notes are few,

he has not been exceeded

his cotemporaries.

by Egiziello, nor any other of

'

As

4^

As

a compofer, his tafte is very pleafing.

The

Trios (which

Prince

Pilferini

purloined from

him) and numberlefs Rondeaus which he has fung

and publiihed, are decided examples to fupport
our opinion.

T R
'

I.

The

firft

Buffa at the Opera.

voice, and

is

an excellent finger

-,

He has a tenor and mod ad-

mirable actor.

N.

A Frenchman,
Monf.
fador.
le

who came here in the fuite of Comte de Guines, a late French ambafare in the

His compofitions

moft pecu-

liar ftyle,

and to be properly expreffed, require

bow of Mr. V This peculiarity is n. by leffened hearing much his mufick frequently.
the
It

required no fmall fhare of ability in mufick,

induflrie, for

and

Vachon

to fecure a comfortable

refidence in this country, amongft fo

mailers.

many

able

But

his politicks

and

his fiddle .aflifted

each other.

V.RN.N*

47

V
An
voice.

R N
When

N.
had
to.

Englifhman.

a boy,
it is

fins

When
its

that left him,

much
is

be re-

gretted

lofs

was not

compenfated

by one
by

equally good, as his talent for acting

the bell on the flage.

much
years

'Tis that qualification only,

for fo

which has kept him engaged

paft.

many

He

is

afliduous,

and always

perfect.

WESTLEY.
Sons of the celebrated
J.

Weftley, the well-

known

difciple of the

famous Whitfield.

The
who,

characteric feature of the father,

may

be plainly

traced in the

performances of the fons,

though they

are certainiy not uninftructed in the

rules of mufic,

feem to write more from the miftalight,

ken infpiration of the new

and the inflam-

matory fuggeilions of over-heated devotion, than

a careful attention to the principles of the fcience.

climax of methodiftical flights, or a melancho-

ly reiteration of

gloomy

pafTages, alternately pre;

dominate
grief

in

all

their compofitions

and as joy or

happen

to take the lead in their minds, fo

do

4S

do

their productions

afiume the complexion of

intemperate zeal, or the hypochrondriac langour

of fanatic defperation.
Ipecies of

In fhort, they feem intranfitory ftate, that

duftrious to pradtife in this

to qualify

harmony which they think mofl likely them for cherubimical or feraphimical

hallelujahs.

W
An
Englifh

HT

E
in
is

N,
fpite

woman, who,

of a bad

perfon, and plainnefs of face,

a very great fa^

vourite with the publick.

tion and applaufe,

She commands atten-

by an extenfive, well-toned.,

powerfull voice, and/ome good acting.

Mrs.

and

Miss
a

W..CHS.L
She fings
at

Mrs. Weichfel,
hall.

German.
an

Vaux-

Ker

voice
if

is

excellent,

and capable of

great exertions,

habitual lifblenefs did not

gifts.
is

counteract her natural

Her daughter

plays

on the harpfichord.
former of her age
-,

She

an extraordinary peroia

but practice, not genius,

the

49

the knowlege of

good

fingering,

has produced

her merit.

W
An
toned
happily

R.

Englishman.

This gentleman, by mofl

fine-

and clofely uniting a prodigious

falfetto to a

good

bafs for tenor bafsJ voice,

at

produces an extent hitherto not heard

atres.

our the-

His judgment may be afcertained by the

with which he fings
at fight
;

l-eadinefs

his

know-

ledge of expreffion, by the feelings which he infufes;

and the

flexibility

of his voice, by his ca-

dences, which are>at once elegant, judicious, and

critically executed.

Such an
pleafing,

acquifition

was

as

unexpected
it

as

it

was
be

and being invaluable,

ought

to

cherifhed.

W.RG.N, DOCTOR.
An
Englifhman.

Received the

firft

rudiments

of time, by turning over the leaves of the organ

book, above

fifty

years ago, at Vauxhall, for

Mr.

Gladwin, then organift.

When

the latter abdicated.,

cated, he fucceeded, but did not hold his place

long.
ani.

He
But

fays he

was inftructed by "Gemini

doubtfull.
deficiency,

that

is

The Doctor
endeavors to

being fenfible of
conceal miniani
it,
';

his

by affecting the foreign accent of Ge-

adopting the

mod extravagant gefcures

his fin-

and by nodding, winking, pointing with

ger,

and fmiling, induces fome

to think

him
and
all

jnfane.

The Doctor
which
was
and a
fuch a fublime
:

is-

the compofer of an
once,

oratorio,

performed
ftyle,
fett
is

was

in

as to

be above
alfo, at

comprehenfion
cc
<c

of leffons

the

beginning of which there

a Nota Bene, that,

Whereas there
of
air

are divevs errors and violations

in [hefe leffons,

and harmony
is

the per-

" former
fC

defired to excufe them, on account

of their effect."
!

Bravo,
Scarlatti

braviffimo,

Cogand
his

lioniiTimo Dottore

was nobody, comthat

pared

to

you

for
in

though
a

great
to

original -mailer,

fenfible Preface

LeiTbns, excufes the fuccefiions

of perfect

fifths

to be fouud therein, no one has fince ventured to

think they could ufe them with fuch judgment or

effect,

but the inimitable Doctor Worgan.

N-

si

N Z E
operator
great

N;
has, by employment
his

A
thofe

German,
mailers

an

who

inflructions,

furnifhed

for

who have

been obliged to deIhould have omitted

decroter his fcholars.

his

We

name,

if it

had not concluded the Alphabet.

CATLEY, MISS.
(Omitted
in

her

alphabetical place)

An
ago

Englilh woman,

who above twenty

years

firft

made her appearance on

herfelf by

the flage, where

fhe diftinguifhed

the moll agreeable

aflurance that ever was

in

exhibited to the public

female

attire.

Her

voice was prodigioufly

;

fine,

of wonderful
in diametrical

extent and power

but her manner

rules of fcience.

oppofition to

all

FINIS.

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