New York Weekly Review Volume 7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...there laid down. Many a song is found in the singing-school music, worthy of a place upon the piano-forte among the gems. No singing-school need be uninteresting for tho lack of beautiful exercises and songs, if the Sabbath-Bell bo used. The tunes, anthems, etc., are, so far as we have learned them, excellent, and some of our particular favorites are called for almost every day. Mr. Root has evidently laid himself out on this his youngest child, and we are confident hewill not bo disappointed in the result of his labors. The only thought that saddens us is, that these happy hours are flying away so fast; but we are promising one another, that we will return next year, if spared, and will not come alone, Piano-forte. FARMINGTON, CONN. Jult 3d.--Strango to say, that in some circumstances we often value things which in others we care for very little. Now, I have attended concerts in almost all tho principal cities of the old world, great and small concerts, classical and modern ones; still without having been much disturbed in my usual feelings and views: and here in a small village, must I come to listen to a concert, which almost upsets me and gave me not only pleasure at the time of its per formance but is still in my mind-as one of the nicest musical recollections I ever had. No doubt, music requires scenery to back it; to hear a trio or quartet at Dodworth's, with an audience of enthusiasts par excellence, a dozen of piano-teachers, the usual host of critics, and the rest of mankind who consider this kind of music as a perfect boro, but still endure it as good Christians ought to do, is quite another tiling from listening to the same music in an improvised concert-room in a country place, surrounded by flowers and fifty or sixty beautiful, innocent girls, ..