And each kind look he gave I have purchased from thee.
The Romanza is from the most admired of Mozart’s concertos. The author has not indicated the movement, but it is commonly played as an andante. Sig. Cimador, who arranged it, was an excellent musician, well known in the fashionable and musical world some thirty years, or more, since.
Purcell’s air is from an ode on the birth-day of Mary, consort of William III. Our arrangement is made from the score published by—Goodison, Esq., an amateur, about forty-five years ago. The beauty of this melody speaks for itself.
The quartet, Agnus Dei, is from a mass of Beethoven and of his sacred compositions, may fairly be deemed the most melodious and elegant.
The Minuet and Trio from Haydn’s Eleventh Symphony, were composed for Saloman’s Concerts about the year 1794.
The movement from Handel’s 4th Hautboy Concerto[71] is one of his most beautiful morceaux. The melody of the latter part, marked pianissimo, is written for the bassoon, an octave lower than it now appears; but in arranging it for the piano-forte, we thought it advisable to place it an octave higher, as we could not add the hautboy accompaniment in any convenient form for the player. It should be borne in mind that the allegro of Handel’s time was not so quick as the allegro of the present day.