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Volume 61, Number 12 (December 1943), James Francis Cooke Dec 1943

Volume 61, Number 12 (December 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Christmas Canticle (Poem)

Piano When Peace Comes (interview with Lucien Wulsin)

Hints for the Young Violinist (interview with Carroll Glenn)

Turning the Searchlight on Musical Harmonies

Music and the Americas of Tomorrow (interview with James Rowland Angell)

Jitterbugs of Yesteryear: Dancing Madness through the Ages

Save Your Old Etudes: They are Valuable

Carols at Christmas

Music and War Manpower

Story of Beethoven's Adelaide

Don't Wreck—Build: How Destructive Criticism May be Turned into Profitable Criticism

Singing with Philosophy (interview with Igor Gorin)

Process of Weight Release in Piano Playing

Modern Ballet and Its Music

Technic of the Month—Prelude in B major, …


Volume 61, Number 11 (November 1943), James Francis Cooke Nov 1943

Volume 61, Number 11 (November 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Symphonies of Smiles

Musician and the Common Cold: How Famous Artists Have Fought the Most Common Malady

Color in Singing

Bull Market in Pianos

Importance of Piano Posture

Avoiding Stilted Diction

Don't Be a Sound Post Jiggler

Opportunities for the American Composer (interview with Charles Wakefield Cadman)

Original Don Cossacks and the Music of the Don (interview with Serge Jaroff)

Fighting Man and His Music

So You Want to Try Hollywood? (interview with George Lessner)

Child Who Hates Music

Music and the Battle of Life: Why Music Gives Us Courage

Technic of the Month—Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. …


Volume 61, Number 10 (October 1943), James Francis Cooke Oct 1943

Volume 61, Number 10 (October 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Sixty Years Young

Boccherini of the Minuet: Italian Composer Born Two Hundred Years Ago (February 19, 1743), was the Correlli of the Violoncello

Eighty Years of Musical Triumph (interview with Moriz Rosenthal)

Contact with Parents

Profitable Vocal Study (interview with Lily Pons)

Bow Troubles of Violin Students

Mr. Jefferson—Musician: Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Our Great American Statesman Brings New Facts About His Musical Life

Music in the Streets of Cathay

Missed Lessons

Music Teachers! The Hour of Opportunity Is Here!: Practical Ways to Increase Your Income by Taking Advantage of Amazing New Conditions

Since Singing Is So …


Volume 61, Number 09 (September 1943), James Francis Cooke Sep 1943

Volume 61, Number 09 (September 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

When Walt Whitman was a Music Critic

How to Become a Better Pianist (interview with Jan Smeterlin)

Opera for the Millions: An Analysis of the Popularity of Opera (interview with Milton J. Cross)

Use the Mirror in Voice Study

Claude Debussy, French Patriot

Musicians in Khaki: A Vision of Victory in Music Thrills Britain's Armies: The Amazing Story of Symphony Orchestras Made Up of Officers and Men

Among the Composers

Fundamentals of Good Breathing

Natural Power in Piano Playing

Roses and Thorns in the Path of Private Teaching

Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 4

Three T's: …


Volume 61, Number 08 (August 1943), James Francis Cooke Aug 1943

Volume 61, Number 08 (August 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

On the Wings of Joy

Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 3

Innocent Merriment with Music (interview with Franklin P. Adams)

Musical Oddities—Bells

Let Your Studio Help You Teach

Spirit of the Spirituals: Religion and Music a Solution of the Race Problem: A New Aspect of Negro Music

Ruby Elzy

Flying on the Wings of Music

Smallest Finger

Saga of the Westminster Choir (interview with John Finley Williamson)

Discovering the Soft Pedal: The Real Significance of Una Corda and Con Sordino

Making the Most of a Few Minutes

Choice of a Teacher

What the Accompanist Ought to …


Volume 61, Number 07 (July 1943), James Francis Cooke Jul 1943

Volume 61, Number 07 (July 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Words and Music

Etude Music Lover's Bookshelf

Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 2

Music Gave Me a Career (interview with Deanna Durbin)

New Era for American Composers (interview with Deems Taylor)

Artistic Possibilities of Good Jazz (interview with Raymond Scott)

Key Lines for Hand Position

Importance of Good Keyboard Action

Scale Contest That Worked

Left-Handed Musicians

How I Worked It Out

Why Not Better Violinists?

Those Puzzling Fifths

Problems in Choral Singing (interview with Albert Stoessel)

Shostakovich Talks on War and Music

Arousing Interest Through Color

Americans All!

Recital Preparation

Our Songs Embody Our National Morale …


Volume 61, Number 06 (June 1943), James Francis Cooke Jun 1943

Volume 61, Number 06 (June 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Just for the Thrill of It

Wartime Piano Conservation: How to Take Care of Your Instrument for the Duration (interview with Theodore E. Steinway)

What Music Means to Mrs. Miniver (interview with Jan Struther)

Steps to a Vocal Technic

Concert Pianist on the Production Line: From Baby Grands to Bombers

America Made Me a Success (interview with Emanuel List)

Roads to Effective Piano Playing

March to The Stars and Stripes Forever: A Successful Uncle Sam Drill for Boys and Girls

Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg

Technic of the Month—When Spring Climbs the Mountains, Op. 42, No. 6, …


Volume 61, Number 05 (May 1943), James Francis Cooke May 1943

Volume 61, Number 05 (May 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Passing of a Giant

Place of the Little Symphony

Music and the Municipality (interview with Fiorello H. La Guardia)

Have Fun with Music! (interview with Kent Cooper)

Three Main Touches

Hymn That Was Found in a Bottle

Freedom in Singing (interview with Lily Djanel)

Among the Composers

What the Nazi Vandals Did to Tscdhaikowsky's Home

Tension Relieving Music at the Front

Memorizing Is Easy: That is, If You Know How

Beethoven as a Deaf Musician Sees Him

How to Develop an Arpeggio Technic

Music Studio Goes Patriotic

Technic of the Month—Techhistories for Boys and Girls

Important Elements in the Foundation …


Volume 61, Number 04 (April 1943), James Francis Cooke Apr 1943

Volume 61, Number 04 (April 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

At the Rising of the Sun

Musical Community Plan Which Works

Portal of Musical Dreams: A Message to All Teachers and Pupils from One of the World's Greatest Masters of the Piano

Holding the interest of Pupils

Died in Action: Requiescat in Pace Saxophone

Backstage with the Orchestrator (interview with Russell Bennett)

Class Piano Instruction in 1943: How Subtle Management and Informal Encouragement Produce Results

Problem of the Young Singer in Opera (interview with Fritz Busch)

O Canada, Glorious and Free! Canada's Most Loved Patriotic Songs

Handling the Meddlesome Mother

Important Elements in the Foundation of Touch: Tone Color Controlled …


Volume 61, Number 03 (March 1943), James Francis Cooke Mar 1943

Volume 61, Number 03 (March 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Declaration of Interdependence

Democracy in Music

Prima Donna's Amazing Fight Back to Health and Success: Faith and Music Can Work Miracles (interview with Marjorie Lawrence)

Don't Neglect the Hymns!

How of Creative Composition (interview with Mrs. H.H.A. Beach)

Foundation Principles in Octave Playing

Twenty Years of Accompanying (interview with Stuart Ross)

Basis for Good Singing (interview the Jennie Tourel)

Sport of Music: Millions of People Look Upon Music as the Greatest Game in the World

Nazi Perversion of the Ideals of the Great German Masters

Training the Hands for Piano Playing

Music an Industrial Asset

Doctor as Musician

Bugle Call …


Volume 61, Number 02 (February 1943), James Francis Cooke Feb 1943

Volume 61, Number 02 (February 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hail to the Viola!

Who Should Have a Singing Career? (Interview with Nelson Eddy)

Private Teacher and Public School Team Work

How Vitamins Can Help Musicians

Do You Want to Conduct? (Interview with Alfred Wallenstein)

How A-440 Became the Standard Pitch

Switzerland’s Musical Position in the World War: The Important Mission Assumed by That Country under the Present Circumstances in Europe

Foundation Exercises for Scale Playing: Essential Drill for Rapid Musical Progress

Mexican Musical Folklore, Part 2

Uncle Sam Wants Singing Centers Everywhere

Organ Music Nobody Knows

Karl Merz Music Hall: A Notable Tribute to a Great Musician

Importance of …


Volume 61, Number 01 (January 1943), James Francis Cooke Jan 1943

Volume 61, Number 01 (January 1943), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music, The Humanizer

Coming to the Front

Make Haste Slowly (interview with Helen Traubel)

Interesting Parents in Piano Recitals

Key Markers

New Opportunities for Ambitious Music Students (interview with Thurlow Lieurance)

How Vitamins Can Help Musicians

Foundation of a Modern Piano Technic: A Discussion of Grading, Touch, and Tone

Amusing Musical Episode

Whistling As an Art

New Approach to the Cross-Rhythm Problem

Let's Have More Music on All Fronts

You Must Go to Work (interview with James Melton)

Mexican Musical Folklore

How Public School Music Helps the Private Teacher

How to Increase Your Practice Endurance One Hundred Percent

Topsy-Turvey Test: …