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Volume 56, Number 12 (December 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Christmas Love (poem)

Her Christmas Piano

What Music Has Done for Me (interview with William Allen White)

Lessons with Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Piano Virtuoso and Conductor: An Apostle of Beauty in Piano Playing

Four Octave Practice Helps

Christmas in Many Lands: A Television Christmas Recital

Lady of the Court of Henry XV (portrait)

Threshold of Music: Natural Laws That Guide the Flow of Chords

What Now for Music Teachers? A Nationwide Symposium: Eminent Members of the Music Teachers' National Association, to be in Convention in Washington During the Present Month, Discuss an Important Subject in Advance

Overcoming a Musical Crisis

Let's …

Volume 56, Number 11 (November 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Symphony a Day

Apprentice Years of a Master (interview with Moriz Rosenthal)

Threshold of Music: A Stormy Seventh—And Some Even More Complex Chords

Awakening of Ebenezer Scrooge: A Playlet in Three Acts Adapted from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Stephen Foster of Tin Pan Alley in Other Days: The Magic Story of America's Most Loved Composer of Folk Songs

What Music in Sing Sing Prison Means in the Lives and Reclamation of Many Inmates

Three Notographs

Madrigals of the Days of Good Queen Bess: Polyphonhic Masterpieces of the Elizabethan Era Formerly Heard by Few But Now Heard by Millions Over …

Volume 56, Number 10 (October 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Maintaining Radio Interest

Conductor and His Orchestra (interview with John Barbirolli)

Hour of Charm: The Most Unusual Girls Orchestra of the Times (interview with Phil Spitalny)

Master as Seen by His Wife (interview with Aino Sibelius)

Threshold of Music: The Most Famous Chord in Music: The Dominant Seventh

Three Notes Against Two

Major John A. Warner: New York State's Notable Musical Police Superindentant

Training the Little Finger

Rhythm for Clearness

Caring for the Vocal Instrument (interview with Giovanni Martinelli)

Practice Is Playing

Some Two Thousand Year Old Wisdom on the Tone Art

Strike the Nail on the Head

Game of …

Volume 56, Number 09 (September 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Marimba Supersedes Xylophone

How Can We Best Serve Our Students (interview with Geraldine Farrar)

About Pieces for Two Pianos: A Discussion of Musical Works Rapidly Rising in Popularity

Hymns in Teaching Harmony

Threshold of Music: When Four Notes Get Together—Seventh Chords

Modern Marimba and Its Relation to the Xyloophone (interview with Yoichi Hiraoka)

Do Not Cast the Old Aside

Chord Twins

Picturesque Prague—Home of Dvorák and Smetana

Transposing by Numbers

What Did Bach Mean: How Each of His Motives Construes a Thought

Hand and the Memory

Mazurka in F-sharp Minor of Chopin

Compactness With Comfort: Everyone Who Wants a Studio …

Volume 56, Number 08 (August 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Mass Music and the Masses

Personal Recollections of Anton Rubinstein

Folk Tunes of England

Queen of American Pianists: Some Unpublished Memoirs of Madame Carreño (interview with Elizabeth Sterling)

Art of Ensemble Playing (interview with Adolf Busch)

Threshold of Music: The Seven-Storied House of Chords

Combine the Arts

World's Most Famous Song: The Story of Home, Sweet Home—The Song Immortal

When Your Child Won't Practice: Practical Suggestions to Parents of Children Who are Practice Problems

Yes, Teacher, You Are in Business: A Frank Discussion of the Teacher's Approach to a Clientele

New York Tour Attracts Music Lovers

America Demands Glamour: Edward …

Volume 56, Number 07 (July 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Piano and To-morrow

Passing of a Genius

Carve Out Your Own Career (interview with Ferde Grofé)

Righting the Left Hand

First Eighth Notes

Art Means Preparation (interview with Bidu Sayao)

Fatigue Demon

Radio Flashes

Women in Orchestras: Famous and Brilliant Conductors of the Fair Sex

Relaxation is Mental

Social Dancing and Its Music

Important Practical Helps for the Vocalist (interview with Isidore Luckstone)

Threshold of Music: Triads, and How They are Put Together

Making Two Part Inventions Interesting

Music and Dancing in Siam: Quaint and Curious Arts of a Far Eastern Kingdom

New Attractions Scheduled for Tour: International Music Festival …

Volume 56, Number 06 (June 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Young Lochinvar

Be Ready for Your Opportunity (interview with Eugene Ormandy)

Diatonic or Chromatic?

Operetta and the Sound Film (interview with Jeanette MacDonald)

Developing a Better Staccato Touch

Radio Flashes

Music of Marching Men up to 1865

Piano Parties Are Fun: How to Conduct a Simple Studio or Home Gathering for Music Pupils

Threshold of Music: Triads, and How They are Put Together

Mozart's Great Romance: The Youthful Love Story of a Beloved Master of Music

Making the Glissando Easy

Recent Record Releases

Oldest Authentic Voice Method

Great Music at Popular Prices: How the New Friends of Music Triumphed (interview …

Volume 56, Number 05 (May 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Liszt's Green Gloves

Song of Praise for Grace Before Meals

Goal is Always Music (interview with Yehudi Menuhin)

Operatic Spectacles Two Centuries Ago—Pictorial

Musical Memory: Why, When and Where: How They Memorize at the Paris Conservatoire

Arpeggio Fingerings

How to Start a Prosperous Summer School: How a Teacher in a Small Vermont City Built a Prosperous Summer School Despite the Depression

Making Pupils' Recitals Interesting

Threshold of Music: A Melodic Alphabet—The Major Scale

Forgotten Fingers

In Defense of Mendelssohn

Some Be's for Your Studio Hive

School Accompanist: How th e Piano Teacher May Enrich His Pupil's Experience

Important Steps in …

Volume 56, Number 04 (April 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

How Can I Help?

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Composers and Stylists: This Able Composer and Teacher of Chicago, Writes for Those Who Feel the Impulse to Compose

Personal Trip Through Musical Paris

Wagner and the Box Office: A Story of Musical Trends (interview with Artur Bodanzky)

Etude Prize Winners in the Contest Why I Take the Etude

He Never Took Lessons

Interesting Falsetto

O Promise Me

Story of a Great Librettist: Eugene Scribe and the Opera

Threshold of Music: A Melodic Alphabet—The Major Scale

Mr. Maier's Seventy-Five Test Questions

Dressing up the Studio Performance: Suggestion on Costuming, Make-Up, and Photography

Eliminating …

Volume 56, Number 03 (March 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hacks Who Become Masters

Career in Radio: Soprano Soloist of the Critics Service Radio Hour of the National Broadcasting Company (interview with Lucille Manners)

Let Us Have More Piano Duets

Romance of Easter Carols: Music of the Great Restival of the Resurrection

Personal Memory of Ippolitoff-Ivanoff

Story of the Gloria Patri, Glory Be to the Father

Civic Value of a Music Hobby: Justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Founder and Conductor of the City Amateur Symphony Orchestra (interview with Leopold Prince)

Student Repertoires

Threshold of Music: The Simplest Chord in Music—The Major Triad

Bugles over …

Volume 56, Number 02 (February 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Australia's New Day in Music

Musical Life in Australia (interview with Richard Crookes)

Melody Study a Stimulant

All About Four Hand Music

Music Written about Abraham Lincoln

Progressive Steps to Velocity

Title Page, Josef Hofmann's Début

Getting Joy out of Life (interview with Ralph T. Senter)

Flash! Walter Winchell Talks on ASCAP

Mrs. G. Waddington Snore Acquires a Classic: A Monoloque for Recitation at Musical Gatherings

Missed Lesson Cure

How to Break into Print: Practical Suggestions for Young Composers

From Jungle to Symphony Hall: An Extraordinary Musical Life

Switzerland Will Have an Interesting Musical Season

Holding Over the Tied Notes

Volume 56, Number 01 (January 1938), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Saga of Virgil W. Bork: The Remarkable Story of a Successful Musician Who Was Brought up Under Ground and Now Directs the Large Union Band and Orchestra in Roselle, New Jerse

Language of Music, Harmony at Your Doosteps

Once a Week Musical Club

Art of the Violin Lies Under the Surface (interview the Joseph Szigeti)

Music of War Torn China

Do You Practice Too Much?: A Well Known Musical Pedagog and Business Executive Discusses This Very Practcal Subject

Music According to Webster

From Typist to Prima Donna: An Inspiring Story of Success Because an Artist Refused to Compromise with Obstacles

Violin Course: Grade 3, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 3, Intermediate A: Lessons and Tests, number 41 through 60

Violin Course: Grade 5, Studies, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 5, Advanced A: Studies, number 501 through 570

Violin Course: Grade 7, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 7, Graduate A: Compositions, number 751

Violin Course: Grade 1, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 1, Preparatory A: Compositions, number 101 through 160

Violin Course: Grade 6, Studies, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 6, Advanced B: Studies, number 601 through 670

Violin Course: Grade 4, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 4, Intermediate B: Lessons and Tests, number 61 through 80