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Volume 32, Number 12 (December 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Mozart Could Do as a Child

America's Greatest Musical Need (Symposium)

Personal Initiative in Piano Study (interview with Theodore Leschetisky)

Some Leschetizky Principles of Piano Playing

How They Used to Study in the Olden Days

How to Make Piano Playing Interesting

Remarkable Contrast in Salon Music

Vitality in Teaching

Convenience and Comfort in the Home for Retired Music Teachers

Leopold Auer's Principles of Violin Playing

Plea for the Most American of Instruments

Harmony That is Not Harmony

Artistic Piano Touch and How to Achieve It

European Musical Topics in War Times

Musical Frauds and Fictions

German and Italian Influences …

Volume 32, Number 11 (November 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music in Canada

Edward MacDowell as a Teacher of Pianoforte: How the Most Eminent of American Composers Gave Instruction at the Keyboard

Waiting for Inspiration

What is America's Greatest Musical Need? A Symposium by Eminent American Musicians

Romance of Stephen Collins Foster

Three Principles of Musical Memorizing

Etude Master Study Page—The Real Wm. Mason

Interesting Studies in Piano Touch

Legion of Music Workers in America: A Wonderful Record Which Should Stir the Patriotic Pride of All American Music Lovers

To-morrow in American Music (interview with John Philip Sousa)

How to Develop Sight-Reading

Musical War Code Puzzle

How to Make Piano …

Volume 32, Number 10 (October 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Opening the Season: Ideas Mined from Real Teaching Experience

Common Sense at the Pupils' Recital

Opera and Tunes

Save Beethoven from his Friends

Beginning Work in Interpretation

Which is the Better Teacher—The Virtuoso Without Teaching Experience or the Experienced Teacher Who Does Not Pretend to be a Brilliant Performer? (symposium)

Waltz King

Salon Music of the Past and Present

Best of the new Music Issued by the Leading Publishers

How Shall I Go About Publishing My Piece? Advice and Warning

Scale Playing in Double Notes

Playing for Nothing

Key to Teaching Efficiency

Some Interesting Facts About Frederick Kuhlau

Long Distance …

Volume 32, Number 09 (September 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Tributes to the Memory of Hans Engelmann: Widely Loved Composer of Over 3000 Pianoforte Pieces

Salon and Its Music in France

Adjusting Technic to the Daily Needs

Dance Yesterday and To-Day

Sigismund Thalberg: Prince of the Salon

Preparing the Mind for Active Mental Work

Importance of the Speaking Voice to Singers

Developing the Greatest Possible Volocity in Scale Playing

Fifth Triennial Congress of the International Musical Society

Are We Diseased with Tremelo?

More About Standardization

Law and the Profits

Chord Playing Made Simple

Etude Master Study Page—The Strauss Family

Advantage of Psychology to Piano Teachers

Some Pupils We Meet

Most …

Volume 32, Number 08 (August 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Tributes to the Memory of Hans Engelmann

Raising Your Rate of Tuition

Chief Musical Forces of the Nineteenth Century

Busy Teacher

Debussy's Unconventionality

Plea for More Rational Teaching

Star of Technic

Credit to the Conservatory

Coming of the Minnesingers

Between Lesson Thoughts

Musical Thought and Action in the Old World

French Opera in America

Seeing with a Child's Eyes

Awakening and Developing Musical Ability

Economize in Energy

Awakening Interest in Dull Pupils

Tone Production by Means of the Pressure Touch

Diplomacy and the Interfering Mother

Making Music Interesting to the General Public: What 3000 Pianoforte Recitals Have Taught Me

Lending …

Volume 32, Number 07 (July 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Putting the Thumb Under

Elgar's Self-Instruction

Noble Contempt for Melody

Can There Be Any Really New Music?

Concert Pitch

Significant Phases of Modern French Music

Piano Technic of the Past, Present and Future

Ear Training for Young Pianists

Getting a Start in the Concert Field

Correcting the Stiff Wrist

Selecting the Right Instruction Book

Constant Growth in Music Study (interview with Katharine Goodson)

On Marking Pupils' Music

Making the Study of Pieces Attractive

Garden of Composers: How to Give an Outdoor Recital

Practical Concentration in Piano Study

Etude Master Study Page: Rossini

Home Music Culture Hour

Finding Profit in Scale …

Volume 32, Number 06 (June 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Making Drill Interesting

Helpful Pedal Exercise

Appreciation of Contemporary Music (interview with Claude Debussy)

Scales and the Child

High Teaching Ideals of American Musical Pedagogs

Qualifications for Positions in Summer Hotel Orchestras

Nature of the Difference Between the Classical and the Romantic Schools

Teaching the Lines and Spaces

Point in Musical History

Begin Music Study Early

Concentration in Music Study (interview with Olga Samaroff)

Have I Real Talent?

Leading the Pupil to See the Beauty of it All

Diagnosing the Talents of the New Pupil

Interesting Aspects of the Romances of Frederic Chopin

Art of Transposing

How the Music Teachers …

Volume 32, Number 05 (May 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

First Studies in Double Notes

Memorizing Music Successfully (interview with Ossip Gabrilowitsch)

How Gounod Surprised Berlioz

Charles Marie Widor: Dean of French Organ Masters

Method in Sight Reading

Balance in Rhythmic Movement

Study Harmony from Piano Playing

Wit of Malibran

Best of the New Music Issued by the Leading Publishers: Selected, Graded and Recommended to The Etude Readers

Prima Donna of To-Day and Yesterday

Interesting the Boy Pupil

Chopin as a Virtuoso: How Chopin's Playing Impressed His Hearers

Ballet in France

Masters Who Have Failed as Opera Composers

Musical Thought and Action in the Old World

How to Develop Concentration …

Volume 32, Number 04 (April 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

School Debussy Has Established

Personal Recollections of Gounod (interview with Emma Eames)

Grand Prix de Rome and Those Who Have Won It

Concise Dictionary of French Musicians

What the Piano Student is Expected to Accomplish at the Paris Conservatoire

Intimate View of Massenet

Rise of Modern French Music

Some Points for Beginner-Teachers

Tragic Career of Bizet

Arrest Richard Wagner

Disseminating General Musical Knowledge in Country Districts and Small Towns

Etude Master Study Page—The Real Saint-Saëns

Brief History of Music in France

Salaries Paid the Teachers at the Paris Conservatory

Development of Accuracy in Pianoforte Playing

How Paderewski Practiced

How to …

Volume 32, Number 03 (March 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Some Devices that Make Sight Reading Easy

Chopin's Last Surviving Pupil Gives Recollections of His Master

Leading the Pupil to Think While Practicing (interview with Harold Bauer)

Comfort at the Keyboard

Self-Development and Piano Playing

Mozart's Personal Appearance

Pioneers of American Music

Ornamentation in Music

Pros and Cons of Correspondence Instruction in Music: A Far Reaching Symposium on a Much Discussed Subject

Some Things the Student Should Know about Mozart's Works

Liszt's Original Compositions

Music and Abstract Ideas

Foundation Stones of Good Piano Technic

Tragic Character of the Music of Russia

Recollections of Celebrated Musicians (interview with Henry Schradieck)

Exercises …

Volume 32, Number 01 (January 1914), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

New Year's Greetings form Well Known American Composers

Talk with the Girl Who Would be a Prima Donna (interview with Nellie Melba)

Cheerfulness in the Lesson

To the Memory of Mathilde Marchesi, 1826-1913

Physical Side of Technical Development

Progress in Music Study (interview with Emil Sauer)

Musical Thought and Action Abroad

Pupils from a Farming District

Hints in Teaching Sight-reading

Attaining Technical Proficiency

To-day with Mozart in Salzburg

Lesson in Exact Terminology

Dot and the Double Dot

Operatic Choral Prayer

Recent Progress in Teaching Methods

Story of the Famous Singer Who Gave Richard Wagner His Ideals

Is Musical Theory Necessary? …