18 NOVEMBER 1876, Page 26

NEW MUSIC.

The Creation and Stabat Mater. Transcriptions for the Piano. By E. Renville. (0. Boosey.)—The most we can say for these transcriptions Is, that they convey a more correct and faithful interpretation of Haydn's and Rosaini's works than the transcription of Handel's "Messiah "by the same author), which we reviewed a short time back. Though the fermer transcription is slightly better than the latter, we see no reasett.for altering our opinion, viz., that the works of Handel, Haydn, Rossini, and other such men, which we consider perfect, should not be mutilated hi the ruthless manner they are at the present day, unless it be for the purpose of adding to their beauty, their force, and their elegance.