19 APRIL 1856, Page 11

Mr. Hullah produced at St. - Martin's Hall, on Wedneaday evening,

a new oratorio, called .Tephthe and his Daughter, by Herr Reinthaler of Cologne, a young composer of rising reputation in Germany. The work was got up with Mr. Hullah's usual care ; and its performance, on the whole, was excellent ; the principal parts, those of Jephtha and his daughter (called Miriam) being sustained by Mr. Thomas and Madame Clara Novelle. There was a crowded audience, who gave the oratorio and its author an enthusiastic reception. It needs more than one hear- ing to weigh the merits and defects of a work of this class; but there are unquestionably, both in the airs and the choruses, many beauties of a high order.