The Creation ; an Oratorio. By Joseph Haydn. A new
edition, by John Bishop of Cheltenham. This is the most elegant edition of Haydn's greatest work that ever has appeared in England, setting entirely aside its marvellous cheapness. The editor, who is known to be a musician of great skill and experience, has adopted a judicious plan in regard to the clefs. The tenor parts of the cho- ruses and concerted pieces are printed in the proper C clef, so as to present to the eye the true form of the harmony by giving the real pitch of the notes in all the parts; but the tenor songs are printed (as music for a single voice is uniformly written all over Europe) in the ordinary treble clef : and this is the more desirable, as it is very usual in private musical circles for these songs to be supg by ladies. The alto part is uniformly in the G clef, the real notes being given. The orchestral parts are arranged a ith judg- ment, so as to avoid unnecessary difficulties, and at the same time to pre- serve—as far as a pianoforte accompaniment can preserve—the principal effects of the original score.
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