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Volume 63, Number 11 (November 1945), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Three Centuries of Thanksgiving

Magic of Melody

Making the Met: Which is 1945 Slang for Securing an Opportunity to Appear as Soloist at the Metropolitan Opera House with the Opera Company of the Metropolitan Opera Association (interview with Edward Johnson)

Principles I Learned from Tobias Mathay (interview with Ray Lev)

Music Teacher's Day in a Boom Town

Class Teaching in Applied Music

Overcoming the Handicaps of the Adult Piano Beginner

Who Should Play the Harp? (interview with Edward Vito)

Volume 63, Number 01 (January 1945), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Dawn on the Horizon

Fresh Winds Will Blow Again: A Discussion of Music and Meteorology: A Physician Tells How the Weather Gets on Composers’ Nerves

Ladder to Virtuosity (interview with Mischa Elman)

Quiz to Test Your Musical Knowledge

How to Rehearse (interview with Donald Voorhees)

Edgar Stillman Kelley Passes

If Parents Had Had Their Way

Music as a Living, Human Element

New York's First Opera

What Nazism Has Done to German Song: What Happens to the Tunes When Hitler Provides the Words

Voice Training Through Emotions (interview with John Seaman Garns)

Immortal Pat: America's Super-Salesman of Music

Katherine Ruth Heyman—A …

Volume 62, Number 11 (November 1944), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Blessings at Thanksgiving

Does Practice Make Perfect?

What Is the Purpose of Music Study? (interview with Josef Hofmann)

Punctuation Enhances Musical Beauty: A Plea for Better Punctuation in Music, a Most Vital Part of Phrasing Often Disregarded by Young Piano Students

Theodore Presser as a Teacher

Masterpieces in the Jungle: The Saga of USO-Camp Show Unit 264

Meet Destiny With Your Head Up!

Curing the Mistake Habit: How to Help the Child to Help Himself in Weeding His Musical Garden

How to Plan Programs That Succeed: Judgment and Experience Bring Lasting Results

Get Your Vowels Right!

Setting Industry to Music …

Volume 62, Number 10 (October 1944), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music of the Spheres

Beware of Discordant Voices

Music American Doughboys Hear in India

Compleat Musical Home: What Your Household Must Have to Secure Ideal Musical Results

Fifty Years of Settlement Music: Important Anniversary of the Creation of a Valuable Movement

Childhood and Youth of Edvard Grieg: A Musical Playlet for Young Folks

The Winnah

Physical Coördination in Singing (interview with Maria Kurenko)

Creating a Durable Musical Memory

Musical Fathers and Sons

Technic of the Month—Finale, from Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 6, by Franz Liszt

Volume 62, Number 07 (July 1944), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music and Plant Morale

Jane, the Adult Beginner

How Music Helps the Salvation Army (interview with Evangeline Booth)

When the Great Day Comes: A Plan for a Peace Day Celebration (An Editorial)

Story of The American Debussy (Charles T. Griffes)

Passing of a Distinguished Editor and Musicologist

American Music for American Orchestras: A Renowned Conductor Tells What Kind of Music He Seeks from American Composers

Let Phrasing Solve Your Difficulties, Part 2

General Wanted a Wedding March

Master Lesson on a Fascinating Bach Prelude

Technic of the Month—Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6, by Frédéric Chopin

Volume 62, Number 01 (January 1944), 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 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 60, Number 09 (September 1942), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Selling Your Musical Ability

Our Young Musical Army

President John Quincy Adams' Picturesque Musical Impressions: A Quaint and Highly Pituresque Outlook of the Sixth President of the United States Upon Music in the Early Years of the Past Century

How Chopin Really Looked: Only Photograph Come to Light

Successful Singing (interview with Vivian della Chiesa)

Woods Used in Musical Instruments

Music in Switzerland

Profitable Musical Calling of Women: A Condition Which Should Open a Large, Well-Paid Field for Trained Musical Workers

Oldest Music Store in America

Rapid Sight Playing: A Practical Method to Produce Quick Results

Disney's New Musical Picture …

Volume 60, Number 04 (April 1942), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music a Permanent Art

Sir Thomas Beecham Has His Say: A Striking Feuilleton Upon England's Distinguished Orchestral Conductor

Shepherds' Pipes for Modern Players

Easter, the Alleluja Season

Bombs, Bands and Bonds: Los Angeles County Band Sells Thousands of Dollars Worth a Day

Rhythm Must Be Felt: Learn the Secrets of Rhythm by Tapping It

Handel's Messiah Two Centuries Old: A Colorful Picture of the Development of the World's Most Famous Oratorios

Jánossys and Johnsons

Look Your Best to Capture Public Favor: Crank Up Your Curls and Exercise Off the Bulge if You Would Succeed with the Public

Save the Child …

Volume 59, Number 06 (June 1941), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Economics of Piano Study

Music As a Social Force

Problems of the Advanced Piano Student (interview with Artur Rubinstein)

Teaching the Teens

Musical Development in the Philippines

How Fast Shall I Play It? The Rhythms and Speeed of the Classics

What theLittle Mother Did: In Which the Great American Baritone Tells Why Students of Singing Should Study the Piano

You Can’t Get Away from It!

Making Practice Profitable (interview with Mischa Elman)

Morning Music and What It Meant: Some Ineresting Known Facts About Ancient Concerts and Their Givers

Four Strong Foundations: The Importance of Proper Hand, Wrist, Arm and Forearm …

Volume 59, Number 03 (March 1941), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Country Music Goes to Town

How Do They Do It?

Jazz—the Music of Exile: An English Opinion Which Credits the Jewish Race as Well as the Negro Race with American Jazz

Why Al Smith Likes Music: The Musical Credo of a Striking Individualist

Battle of Music

ASCAP's Reply to its Critics

Famous Composers Rally to ASCAP

Strength of Fingers, Strength of Thought (interview with Rudolf Serkin)

Art and Life in Indian Music (interview with Ish-ti-Opi)

New Dress Every Day

How to Make the Melody Speak

Teaching Tone Quality

My Country's Music—'Tis of Thee!

Master Lesson on Bach's Fantasie in C …