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Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1936-1938, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1936-1938 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.

Volume 54, Number 01 (January 1936), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Singer's Art (interview with Feodor Chaliapin)

What Makes a Successful Pianoforte Piece

Music of the Buddhist Devil Dancers

Consort of Musick at Dame Percy's: An Outline for a Recital in Honor of Washingotn's Birthday

New Glimpses into the Life of Chopin

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Harmonica Band: What Does it Offer

Music in Modern Home Life

Beethoven's Love of Nature

The Glory Of Love / Words By Billy Hill, Billy Hill

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: photo of singer Tommy Brookins; Publisher: Peter Maurice Music Co. (New York)

The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful / Music By Dana Suesse; Words By Billy Rose And Irving Kahal, Dana Suesse, Billy Rose, Irving Kahal, Words And Music Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Key of C. Cover: a drawing of a woman; Publisher: Words and Music Inc. (New York)

Gretsch Musical Merchandise Catalog No. 36, Gretsch Company

Gretsch Company Catalogs & Price Lists

This catalog lists descriptions and prices for a variety of instruments and accessories including: accordions, drums, band instruments, saxophones, wood-winds, string instruments, violins, musical strings, harmonicas, and musical supplies. A complete index is included at the end of the catalog.

Music Supervision, Stanley Norris, B. M.

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is the purpose of this thesis to investigate materials which have a place in the development of supervision as it concerns the special subject of music in the curricula of the public schools.  Special attention has been given to the investigation of the training in supervision as given by schools, colleges, and universities in the hope that these institutions may better adapt their curricula to meet the needs of the modern music supervisor.

The Development Of Mexican Music, Edith M. K. Tibbets

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Perhaps no country at the present time has a richer unexplored fount of folk music than has Mexico. In fact. her rich store of musical culture, like a vast mine scarcely worked entitles her to a position among those peoples whose folk music has long been firmly established.

Finding the source material on the music of Mexico for the most part, fragmentary and scattered, the writer decided to do serious research in translating from the early Spanish writers, and in reading the chronicles of the travelers of that early period, as well as the historical writings and the legendary lore …

Carelessly / Music By Norman Ellis; Words By Charles Kenny, Norman Ellis, Charles Kenny, Irving Berlin Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: photo of Red Nichols; Publisher: Irving Berlin Inc. (New York)

Alabama Barbecue / Music By J. Fred Coots; Words By Benny Davis, J. Fred Coots, Benny Davis, Mills Music Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: collage drawing of African Americans engaged in various activities; text reads Cotton Club Parade; Publisher: Mills Music Inc. (New York)

Volume 53, Number 12 (December 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Let Nothing Discourage You (interview with Lotte Lehmann)

So, This is the Hurdy-Gurdy!

Bach Fugue Simplified

Soul-Light

Music: The Magic Carpet of Radio

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Where Does American Musical Composition Stand?

Fiddle Box of Memories (interview with Sam Franko)

Counting the Group

One Way to Enjoy Music

Music Teachers' National Association Convention of 1935

Music of the New Day (interview with Mana-Zucca)

Christmas Prayer

Boston Symphony Orchestra: Its Origin, History and Activities

How Famous Composers Break all the Rules (interview with William Strasser)

Voice of Experience Inspects the Hammond Organ

Honesty in Piano Study …

Volume 53, Number 11 (November 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hobbies for Everybody

Wagnerian Singer (interview with Kirsten Flagstad)

Dolls' Music Festival

Have Musicians a Sense of Humor

What About Radio? (interview with Wilfred Pelletier)

Bach and Handel Compared

Very American Story of Emma Abbott: In Which Poverty Becomes the Vestibule to Success

Rubinstein's Famous Song Der Asra, As Arranged by Liszt: A Soliloquy on This Widely Known Composition

Memorybook Pages of a Musical Pilgrim: Presenting Messages and Music from Many States

Musical Embroideries at the Piano

Why Counterpoint?

How Music Lovers May Become More Truly Musical

Volume 53, Number 10 (October 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Amazing Career of Ignace Paderewski: Pianist, Composer, Orator, Statesman

Should Piano Teachers Study Other Instruments?

Lowered Second Scale-Step

National Broadcasting Company Music Appreciation Hour

Most Amazing Romance in Musical History

Genial Dr. Burney: The Originator of the Paino Duet

William Byrd in Praise of Singing

Day in Radio City

La Bohome—A Tragedy of Humble Life in Paris—An Adaptation of Puccini's Famous Opera, to be Used as a Reading at Music Clubs

Why Every Child Should Have Musical Training

Volume 53, Number 09 (September 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hector on Broadway

Day in Radio City

Bands Everywhere

Stage Fright Preventatives

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Food and the Voice (interview with Leon Felderman)

Three Important Chords in Music: Numerous Ways of Using the Chord of the Seventh, the Chord of the Sixth, and the Chord of the Sixth and Fourth

Why Czerny?

Romances of Great Musicians: Romance in the Life of Schubert

That Troublesome Fourth Finger

Wisdom of W.S.B. Mathews: A Collection of Paragraphs from the Writings of One of the Most Original and Distinctive Thinkers in the Field of American Musical Education

Making Sure …

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 53, Number 07 (July 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Musical Prosperity Leads the Way

Distinctly American Vocal Problems (interview with Queena Mario)

Star Spangled Banner: Our National Anthem, Enshrined in the Hearts of all Patriotic Americans

Violinist's Summer (interview with Mischa Elman)

Geography of the Piano: Where the Piano Comes From

Failures that Triumphed

Romances of Great Musicians: Romance in the Life of Mozart

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Increasing the Resources of the Piano (interview with Walter Gieseking)

Music of the Congo: An Interesting Romance of the Music of Darkest Africa

Music Study Extension Course

Music In Education And Recreation, Eleanor Schlondrop

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to discuss the importance of music in Education and Recreation. In the first chapter is discussed the importance of music in education. The next chapter will present the values and contributions of music, and its place in the curriculum. Chapter III will show the importance of a musical education to children in the public schools. Now we will approach an important element in the child's musical career — the musical training in the home. Finally, this musical training in school and home can be carried over into the field of recreation and leisure.

40th Annual Concert And Commencement, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 40th Annual Concert and Commencement at Orchestra Hall (220 South Michigan Avenue) held on June 20, 1935.

Volume 53, Number 06 (June 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Nulla Dies Sine Linae (No Day Without Its Lines)

Violoncello as a Solo Instrument (interview with Beatric Harrison)

Sight Playing and to Improve It

Speed at the Piano Keyboard: Using Geometry to Help

Study Hints for the Advancing Student

Current Radio Programs

Visits to European Musical Shrines: Frankfort, Dresden, Stuttgart and Other Teutonic Music Centers

Organ Point or Pedal Point

Beethoven Advises a Piano Teacher

Altered Chords

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Evolution of the Piano Action

Lessons from Hearing Great Pianists

Learning to Pedal Effectively

Addison, The Spectator, on Eighteenth Century Music

Mother's Part

Developing a …

Volume 53, Number 05 (May 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music and America's Greatest Problem

Palestrina, The Prince of Music: The Story of One of the Most Picturesque Figures

Reason for a Certain Theory of Fingering

Finger Exercises on Black Keys

Learning to Pronounce a Foreign Language: Something that Musicians Who Need Languages Should Know

Story of Musical Notation

Music of the Spains: Those Lands of Melody,Gaiety, Dancing, Chivalry and Song

Stars for Star Pupils: Rewards That Interest the Piano Pupil

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

Beauty Through Wrist Action: A Study of Tonal Effects for Piano Students

Etude Music Study Expansion League

Have You Got Rhythm?: …

The Broadsheet May 1935, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of May 1935 featured a small article about RISD Summer School for RISD students and younger students. Class trips, social events and Commencement activities were also included.

Volume 53, Number 04 (April 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Mission Mass Chimes

Vast American Cultural Movement

Savoyard Saga: Comments Upon One of the Most Unusual Happenings in the History of Music in the Theater—The Fateful Combination of Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte at the Savoy Theater in London

Accent the Charm of Music: Why the First and Third Beats are Accented

Piano as a Broadcasting Instrument

Modern Tendencies in Music

Saving for Music Study

Evening With Ethelbert Nevin

Passing of a Great Diva

Cultivating a Dependable Memory

Grand Tradition of Opera (interview with Léon Rothier)

About Fifth Fingers, Ladies' Hands, and Camels' Backs

Helping the Parent to Help the …

The Broadsheet April 1935, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of April 1935 had a brief article about the RISD Costume Department's Fashion Show. Items of the Moment described activities of interest to RISD students.

The Broadsheet March 1935 No. 4, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of March 1935, no. 4 had a brief article about the new orchestra which had rehearsals Tuesdays and Thursdays in Memorial Hall. Items of the Moment included campus events that were of interest to RISD students.

Volume 53, Number 03 (March 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What I Learned from Broadcasting (interview with Nino Martini)

Relaxation Rather then Contraction

Short Course in Memory Training: Making Your Mind Work Along Right Lines

Why Music Should be Retained in the Public Schools: Music's Influence Upon Mankind

Beethoven's Estimate of His Fellow Musicians

One Way to Start a Pupil at the Very First Lesson

Pupils Everywhere: A Letter from a Practical Teacher Who Looked Depression Between the Eyes Until Depression Smiled Back with Success

Little Bach Program Recital

Do We Listen Creatively?

Charles Marie Widor, the Grand Old Man of French Music

Debussy and the Pedal Blur: The Lure …

The Broadsheet March 1935 No. 2, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of March 1935, no. 2 had a brief article on a housing display containing models and drawings from RISD architecture and interior architecture students. These were on display in the RI Hospital National Bank building in Providence. Items of the Moment included activities of interest to RISD students and the local art community.

The Broadsheet March 1935 No. 3, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of March 1935, no. 3 had a brief article about a Book-Binding class in RISD Teacher Education. Items of the Moment included art exhibitions, museum talks, and things of interest to RISD students and the local art community.

Volume 53, Number 02 (February 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Getting Jobs through Music

Jennygrams: An Amusing Episode in American Musical History—How Barnum Turned Jenny Lind's American Début Into a Money Making Scheme

Dr. Brahms and Dr. Bilroth

Can Any Music Enthusiast Become a Master of the Piano?

Are You a Musical Parasite?

Musical Instruments of Old and Modern Cathay

Concerning the Jazz Question

Rules and Exceptions in Musical Theory

Music and Postage Stamps

Lilting Strains of the Waltz

Don't Save Time—Take It!

Music Everywhere: What the Radio is Doing for Musical America

Why Every Child Should Have a Musical Training

How I Use My Etudes

Travelogue Recital

Glinka and …

The Broadsheet February 1935, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Broadsheet was a student publication which ran through the mid-1930s. Printed in the style of the broadsheet, the paper was a single sheet published weekly with brief descriptions of current news. The issue of February 1935 included a brief article about the exhibition of miniature stage sets that the Saturday young students had on display on the top floor of the Jewelry Building at RISD. Items of the Moment mentioned art exhibitions, the picture lending library and other art interests for the RISD students.

Volume 53, Number 01 (January 1935), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Broken Strings

Personal Conferences with Claude Debussy: A New Posthumous Interview, Introducing Hitherto Unpublished Correspondence of Famous Writers and Musicians with the Master

Famous Czerny Study and How to Play It

Which Scale First

If You Were My Pupil (interview with Grete Stueckgold)

Mrs. B. Natural's Party: Children's Costume Recital or Musical Playlet

How Fast Shall I Practice

Rules and Exceptions in Music Theory, Part 1

Modern Piano Pedagogy

California's Musical Marvel

Piano Classes That Make Success

Gold Star Contest

Modern Bravura Playing of Octave-Chords

We Wish Our Teachers Wouldn't

Cherubini and the French Revolution

Changing Notes

Little Tale of …

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1935-1936, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1935-1936 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.