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Volume 53, Number 08 (August 1935), James Francis Cooke
Volume 53, Number 08 (August 1935), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Forty Years in Showdom
And the Twain Shall Meet (interview with Armand Tokatyan)
Parent's Musical Opportunity
On Hearing the Lesson: Miss Kammerer's Lucid and Practical Expositions of Her Highly Successful Pedagogical Ideas Are Widely Welcomed by Teachers
Etude Day in the Public School
Program for Our Mothers
Couppey Suggestion
How Scotland Sings Her Story
Know Your Piano: Your Piano Has Over Six Thousand Parts; It Pays to Know Something About Them
Making My Family Musical: What It Has Meant to Their Lives and Mine
Romances of Great Musicians: Romance in the Life of Schumann
Why Every Child Should Have a …
Volume 51, Number 01 (January 1933), James Francis Cooke
Volume 51, Number 01 (January 1933), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Fountains of Youth
Inspiring Message to Students of Singing (interview with Lucrezia Bori)
Chant d'un Voyageur: Vienna, Capital of the Kingdom of Music
Four-Hand Players' Treasury
Musical Child of Fortune: Sigismund Thalberg
Music in Haunts of the Dragon
How Ought We to Practice?
Hindrances to Artistic Piano Playing and How to Overcome Them
Radio: A New Field for the Young Musician
Missed Lessons
Putting Old Etudes to Work
Structure of Music: How We Get the Minor Scale
Instrumentalist's Wardrobe (interview with Yolanda Mero)
Keyboard Aristocrats of Earlier Days: A Description of Two Unique Harpsichords of the Eighteenth Century
How One …
Volume 50, Number 11 (November 1932), James Francis Cooke
Volume 50, Number 11 (November 1932), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Master Lesson on the Carnaval, Op. 9, by Robert Schumann
Difficult Rhythms Made Easy
Ideal Piano Hand
Concentrated Technic for High School Piano Students
Saint-Saëns, the Remarkable
Home Missionary
Responsibility
Elephants, Trees and Piano Keys
Structure of Music: How We Get the Chords, and How They Intermingle
Sphere of the Conductor (interview with Henry Hadley)
Have We Lost Something Through Over-Relaxation in Piano Study? A Discussion in Practical Piano Teaching
Haydn and His Birthplace
Pianists, Be Ambidextrous
Value of Our School Band and Orchestra (Contest)
Keeping Very Little Pupils Amused
Practical Use of Suggestions
Teaching Hints
Patriotic Costume Recital
Volume 45, Number 01 (January 1927), James Francis Cooke
Volume 45, Number 01 (January 1927), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Music and the State (Editorial)
Giving Vitality to the Phrase: Showing How Better Accenting Makes Better Playing
Musical Biographical Catechism: Tiny Life Stories of Great Masters
Why Count?
Practical Acoustics for Musicians
Eight Ways for Making One's Playing Musicianly
More I Practice, the Worse I Get
Russian Amateurs
Conservation of Energy in Music Readin
Robert Schumann
New Picture of Edward MacDowell
Another Way to Teach Harmony
Good Music—Bad Piano
Breath Marks
Mental Aids to Memorizing
Put On the Brakes
High Calling of the Teacher
Playing Accompaniments
Useful Test
How Music Theory Helps Music Lovers
Counting Aloud
Baffling Difficulty
What Assignments …
Volume 43, Number 08 (August 1925), James Francis Cooke
Volume 43, Number 08 (August 1925), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Modern Ideas in Pianoforte Technic (interview with E. Robert Schmitz)
Developing a Sense of Rhythm
What Schubert Thought About
There is Music in the Air
Mirth and Music: A Midsummer Page of Merriment and Wit of the Famous Musicians, Taken from the Recent Highly Entertaining Book, Musical Laughs
Reading Music by Groups
Your Musical Memory—How to Enlarge It
Carmen's Half Century
Schubert's Daily Round
Virtuosity Versus Musicianship
Motives
Naming the Note Family
Systematic Practice Plan
Mastering Forearm Movements
John Brown, of John Brown's Body
Mean and Cranky
How to Select a Teacher
American Renaissance of Johann Sebastian Bach (interview with …
Volume 42, Number 09 (September 1924), James Francis Cooke
Volume 42, Number 09 (September 1924), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Schumann—The Master of Child Music: Why Schumann's Muisc Has Had Such a Great Influence on the Education of the Young
Small-Hands Pupil
Making Practice Pleasant
What Touch Shall I Use in Phrasing? A Much-Needed Discussion of an Everyday Musical Problem
Helpful Hints on Practicing
Velvet Tone
Runaway Warhorses
Turning Music Noiselessly
What Effect is Jazz Likely to Have Upon the Music of the Future? (interview with Percy Grainger)
Why Chopin Used a Metronome
Sharps and Flats for Little Ones
Sight-Reading Without a Teacher
Will You Pay the Price
Teach Coöperation by the Use of Two Pianos
Carrots for a Donkey …
Volume 42, Number 05 (May 1924), James Francis Cooke
Volume 42, Number 05 (May 1924), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Souvenirs of Famous Musicians
Music Student, Prepare to Teach
Maxims for the Music Teacher
Simplifying Accidentals
Better Way to Count
Pointers for Teaching the Bass Notes
Build Well
What is the Purpose of Music? What is the Influence of the Tonal Art on Mankind?
Forcing Habit
Effective Method in Teaching
Memory Work and Public Performance
Table for Correct Fingering of Common-Chord Arpeggios
Walking Time
What to Teach at the Very First Lessons
Handel Shrine
Three Ways for Practicing the Scale
Sidelights of Human Nature
Teach First the Effect—The Method Afterward
Virtuoso Pianists and Virtuoso Conductors
To the Earnest Pupil
Quick …
Volume 42, Number 04 (April 1924), James Francis Cooke
Volume 42, Number 04 (April 1924), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
If Franz Liszt Should Come Back Again (interview with Moritz Rosenthal)
Stiff Thumb
Use of Damper Pedal for Young Pianists
Scales for the Little Ones
Distinctive Traits of Great Masters
How a Great French Poet Inspired a German Genius: Wagner's Letter from the Poet Baudelaire
Mastering a New Piece of Music
How Much Technic
In Tune with the Laws of Sound—Voices are Born and Then Made
Fun in Music
Who Wrote Amaryllis?
When Should Pupils Discontinue Music Lessons
Common Musical Sense
Motet That Stopped Storms
What to Teach at the Very First Lessons
Some Don'ts for the Teacher
Idealism in …
Volume 38, Number 02 (February 1920), James Francis Cooke
Volume 38, Number 02 (February 1920), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Notable Group of American Musical Educators
Etudes of Chopin and How They Ought to be Practiced
Multiple Rhythm
Indispensables in Pianistic Success
Some Errors and How I Corrected Them
What is Shape in Music
All Sorts and Conditions of Pupils
Is Playing by Ear Harmful? Play What You See, See What You Play; Play What you Hear, Hear What You Play; See What You Hear, Hear What You See
Key Relationship and Key Signatures
Hearing Wrong Fingering
Secrets of the Success of Great Musicians
High-Grade Concerts in a Small Town
Gather Memories! The True Story of a Musician Who Did …
Volume 31, Number 06 (June 1913), James Francis Cooke
Volume 31, Number 06 (June 1913), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Plan of Scale Practice
Solving the Missed Lesson Problem: A Symposium Upon a Matter of Vital Importance to All Music Teachers
Importance of the First Impression
How I Made My Summer Vacation Profitable: A Timely Symposium from Busy Representative Teachers
Tolstoy's Great Love for Music
Are Great Pianists Always Nervous?
Making the Pupils' Recital Attractive: A New Idea for Progressive Music Workers
New Idea in Teaching the Touch
Instruments of the Orchestra
Balfe's Musicianship
How to Secure a Beautiful Tone at the Keyboard
Temperamental Playing
Developing an Instinctive Sense of Tone
Wisdom of Robert Schumann
Ten Working Rules
Old-Time Advances …
Volume 31, Number 05 (May 1913), James Francis Cooke
Volume 31, Number 05 (May 1913), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Recollections of Famous Musicians
Counting Habit
Practical Hints to Pupils
Great Operatic Romances Adapted for the Piano
How Chopin's Funeral March Was Written
Plagiarism in Music
Important Secret of Touch
How Diabelli Curbed Beethoven
Story of the Orchestra Instruments told for the General Music Lover
Pianist's Part in Ensemble Playing
Teacher's Attitude for Success
Natural Progressive Methods with Beginners
Character of Beethoven's Music
Secrets of Artistic Phrasing
Where the Dictionary Helps
Striking Modern Ideas on Music as a Curative Force
Etude Master Study Page—The Real Schumann
What Does it Mean to Practice
In Dr. Harmony's Doorway
Mark Hambourg on the …
Volume 28, Number 06 (June 1910), James Francis Cooke
Volume 28, Number 06 (June 1910), James Francis Cooke
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Spirit of Life in Music—Rhythm
Real Musical Interest in the Czerny Studies
Pianist and the Tuner
Balfe's Opera The Bohemian Girl
Famous German Conservatories: The Conservatories of Southern Germany
Analysis of Teaching Material: The Rondo Form
Some Sign-Posts on the Road to Success in Music Study
What is Expected of the Student in the German Music School
History and Uses of the Metronome
Finger-Habit in Memorizing
Volume 25, Number 07 (July 1907), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 25, Number 07 (July 1907), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
From Schumann's Workshop
How to Read Music
Beethoven's Fondness for Out-of-Door Life
Hint for the Sight Reader
Success and Failure in Music: A Symposium
Anton Rubinstein in His Classes
Grading Music for Teaching Purposes
Young Pupil and Elementary Musical Theory
Teaching Material for Children
Beethoven's Personal Appearance
Notes on the Study of Scales
Arthur Foote
Environment a Factor in Teaching
World's Greatest Pianists
Emotional Appeal in Instrumental Music
Paderewski's Minuet in G
Study of Program Music
Volume 25, Number 03 (March 1907), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 25, Number 03 (March 1907), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Easter at St. Peter's, Rome
Notes for the History Teacher
Pioneers in Music
Keyboard and the Hand
Incident of Schumann's Last Days
Hints for the Duet-Player
Rhythm and Meter in Music
Nature's Symphony: An Incident of Beethoven's Youth
Songs without Words
Sigismond Thalberg
Volume 18, Number 01 (January 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 18, Number 01 (January 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
What is Classical Music?
Parable
Parental Indulgence
Schumann's Early Loves
Originality in Teaching
Schumann: A Vanishing Star
Tone
Teaching Tonality
True Story: A Tale of a Music Student
Last Work
Studio Comfort
What is the Scale of this Passage?: Practical Hints for a Prompt Reply to this Common and Often Perplexing Questions
Musical Impurity
Methods
Relation of the Music Department to the College
Musical Heredity
Indiscriminate Advice and Its Evils
Anitra's Dance
Teacher of Music: His Character and His Training (A Symposium)
Russian School of Music
Illustration in Teaching: Some Practice Examples
Pieces, Exercises or Etudes—Which?
Dignity of our Profession …
Volume 17, Number 12 (December 1899), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 17, Number 12 (December 1899), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Too Much Talent
Social Element in Success
Penalty of Genius
Narrow and Broad Pianoforte Instruction
Odds and Ends; or, Ideas on Many Subjects
Fallacious Notions
Teacher-Student
Musician's Life-Work
Study the Life of Schumann
Robert Schumann as a Composer for the Piano
Robert Schumann, Biographical
Piano Works of Robert Schumann
Point of Utility
Autobiographic Character of Schumann's Music
Side Lights on Schumann
Some Side Lights on the Making of a Musician
Songs of Schumann
Technical Demands of Schumann's Music
Schumann—The Man
Christmas Story
Successful Teacher
To the Girls Who Read The Etude
Education of Musicians
Do You Expect a Testimonial?
Clara …
Volume 13, Number 04 (April 1895), Theodore Presser
Volume 13, Number 04 (April 1895), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
New Note on the Piano
Reminiscence of Bülow
What Shall I Play?
Make Study Interesting
Value of an Artist's Testimonials
Fantasy
Practical Talk with Girls
Material for Music Classes
To Acquire Expression
Present Worth
Duties of Music Teacher, Pupil and Parent Toward Each Other
Wit, Wise and Otherwise
How to Teach Schumann to Children
Amateur Musical Society
What is Classical Music?
Music and Money
To Play or Not to Play: Musical Education that Would Make Study a Pleasure to Children
Fingers and Finger-Rings
Basis of Phrasing
Rhapsody
Volume 09, Number 12 (December 1891), Theodore Presser
Volume 09, Number 12 (December 1891), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Types in the Concert Room
Corrections in Touch and Technic, Part II. Scales
Classic Music
Musical Sociables
Jottings from a Teacher's Mental Note Book
Music in Its Relation to Intellectual Life
Music in Boarding-Schools
Genius and Labor
Theory of Music Explained for Piano-Forte Players, Part 2
No Talent
How Parents Can Help Piano Teachers
Selecting According to Capabilities
Training of Music Teachers
Playing By Ear
Music Lessons from the Pupils' Standpoint
Scherzos
How to Learn a Piece
Good Music Needs Study
How to Command Success
Habit of Accuracy a Necessity
Don'ts
About the Less-Talented Pupils
How to Study Bach
Misapprehension …
Volume 06, Number 10 (October 1888), Theodore Presser
Volume 06, Number 10 (October 1888), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
How to Listen to Music
Musical Punctuation
Raif's Method
Incident
Songs Without Words
Fourth Finger Operation
Harmony as a Study
Grand Social
Art of Studying
Philosopher's Opinion of Music
Practical Letters to Teachers
Knowledge of the Relation of Physiology and Anatomy to Piano Playing
Advice to Nervous Pianists
Sight-Reading
Franz Liszt's Mother
Volume 04, Number 10 (October 1886), Theodore Presser
Volume 04, Number 10 (October 1886), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Dangers of the Romantic Ideal
How to Use the Pedal
Common Sense of Interpreting Music
How to Study Arpeggios
Talk about Pianists
Weber's Concert-Stueck
Bach's Lighter Compositions
Nature of Harmony
Some of the Ways of the Incompetent
To the Piano-Forte
My Morning's Work
Study of Musical History
Liszt and His Pupils
Simplicity of Technique
Remarks on the Grace Note
Letter of Condolence to Mme. Richard Wagner
Legato in Piano Playing