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Volume 48, Number 11 (November 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, Season 1930-31

Critical Digest of Music and Masters

To Count or Not to Count

How to Organize and Start a Piano Class

Fascinating Musical Dances I Have Seen East of Suez

Mother's Hand Leads the Way: Changing the Practice Hour from Drudgery to Delight

Christmas Party

Teresa Carreño as Teacher: Memories of a Remarkable Woman and Musician

Are You Able to Play Trills?

Sparks from the Musical Anvil of Today

Beauty of Bach

Ivory and Ebony Gymnasium

How to Place the Piano

That Concert Cough

Snapshot Sight Reading

Teacher-Parent Coöperation

Tales from the …

Volume 48, Number 10 (October 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Majestry of Liszt

Spirit of Hungarian Music (interview with Yolanda Mérö)

Dots and Their Values

Little Visits to European Musical Shrines: Hungary's Rich Gifts to Music

Three Notes Against Two

Auditions for the Sound Films

Endless Fascination of Hungarian Gypsy Music

Hungerian National Instrument—The Czimbalalom: A Musical RelicWhose Ancestry May Be Traced Back to Nineveh

Sparks from the Musical Anvil of Today

Eminent Hungarian Pianist

Notable Hungarian Musicians of Past and Present

Do You Like This Musical Club?

This Chromatic Age: Exercises that Prepare the Piano Student for a New Era in Which the Chromatic Scales Will be Used More …

Volume 48, Number 09 (September 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Why the World Needs Bands (interview with John Philip Sousa)

Modern Questions in the Study of Harmony

Sparks from the Musical Anvil of Today

Curious Lure of Chinese Music

Oral Drills in Intervals

Musical Jargon of the Radio Clarified: A Popular Interpretation of Technical Terms Which are Heard Daily Over the Radio, Part 3

Percussion—The Pulse of Music

Technical Problems in a Nutshell

Overcoming Difficulties in Memorizing

Open the New Musical Season Brillantly by Spreading the Gospel of Music-Study

Odd Facts about Sound

Case for Modern Music

Master Lesson on Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2

Keeping …

Volume 48, Number 08 (August 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Gentle Art of Taking Time to Live!

Little More Beethoven, Please: The Pianoforte Sonata in A Flat, Op. 26

Scale Charts

Seeing Music as a Whole: Where Many Fail

Left Hand Difficulties

What's the Matter with our Music? (interview with Geraldine Farrar)

Most Useful of All Fingering Rules

Middle C

Precise Contact

Piano Teacher's Dictionary of Touch

Brothers and Sisters

Music of the Waltz and Its Creators

Workable Report Slip

Small Threads in the Musical Tapestry

Preparedness of Attack as an Aid to Sight Reading

Camouflage Scales

New Theory of Pianoforte Tone Production

Arranging Music for Toy Orchestras

Musical Sport …

Volume 48, Number 07 (July 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Religious Taboos on Music

Cosima Saga: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who, as the Daughter of Liszt and the Wife and Widow of Wagner, was the Most Discussed Musical Personaltiy of Her Sex in the World of Opera

When Special Patience is Needed

Be a Self-Starter

Talk with the Ambitious Harmony Student

To the Measure of the Mind

Twin Scales

First Scale

Musical Jargon of the Radio Clarified: A Popular Interpretation of Technical Terms Which are Heard Daily Over the Radio

Haunts of Great Musicians in Vienna—Etchings

Curious Story of Jacques Offenbach, the Kind of Opera Bouffe: How the …

35th Annual Concert And Commencement, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 35th Annual Concert and Commencement at Orchestra Hall (218 South Michigan Avenue) held on June 21, 1930.

Volume 48, Number 06 (June 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Melodic Genius of Ethelbert Nevin (interview with Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin (Anne Paul Nevin)

Gluck and Marie Antoinette (picture)

Radio as an Educational Factor: For Artist Musicians and Music Students

Getting the Most Out of Self-Study

Practicing for the Spring Recital

Three Vital Points in Piano Mastery: Practice Hints to Pianoforte Students

How to Start a Class

Flowers, Music and Sunbeams

Romance of the Guitar

Wisdom of a Great Teacher: Karl Merz

Wagner and the Ominous Number 13

Study Schedule

Enlarging the Pupil's Musical Vocabulary

Story of Annie Laurie

Accompanist Who Aids and Abets

Volume 48, Number 05 (May 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Fighting Deadly Uniformity

Will the Radio and Talking Pictures Compel a Revolution in Methods of Teaching Singing?

Special Exercise in Double Thirds for Independence of Fingers

Child's Native Love of Music

Musical Value of Silence: How to Play Rests Effectively

Why Slow Practice Helps

Piano Study for Adult Beginners

Romance of the Guitar (interview with Andrés Segovia)

Great Masters as Students (Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893)

Double Notes

Rhythm and Technic, the Keys to Interpretation (interview with José Iturbi)

Opus—Key—Composer

How Has the Piano as an Instrument Developed in the Last Half Century?

Master Lesson on the Famous Fantasia in C Minor by …

Volume 48, Number 04 (April 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hail to the Music of Spain

Marvelous Musical Story of Barcelona (interview with Pablo Casals)

Rhythm and Technic, the Keys to Interpretation (interview with José Iturbi)

Glossary of Spanish Musical Terms and Related Words

Holy Week in Seville

Music, An Indespensible Human Need

Some Modern Spanish Composers

Night in Granada

Consistent Sight Reading

Slurring Slips

Ceaseless Charm of the Music of Spain

Notable Musical Women

Monsalvat—The Land of the Holy Grail

Peteneras of Seville

That is a Zarzuela?

Habañera from Carmen

Spain's Musical Message to American Mothers

The Student Designer April 1931, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The April 1931 issue covered topics including: the death of RISD President Eliza G. Radeke, Mechanical Department honors and news, a Jewelry Design student named Martin Nelson, class updates, satirical and comedic writing, current events happening on campus, RISD sports, and advertisements.

The Student Designer April 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The April 1930 issue contained a poem, short essays, humorous bits, and an appeal for contributions to The Student Designer. Also included were ads for local businesses and a brief article about The Art Ball held at Memorial Hall on the RISD campus.

Volume 48, Number 03 (March 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Why Every Boy Should Study Music (interview with Herbert J. Tily)

Rare Portrait of Edward MacDowell

Ten Ideas from Edward MacDowell

Notable Musical Women

Developing the Student's Interpretative Ability

Playing Grace-Notes Without Distorting the Rhythm

Beethoven's Love Letters

Music of the Passion Play of Oberammergau: A Graphic Description Based on Presentations as Witnessed by the Writer in 1889, 1910, 1920

Arpeggios

Practicing and Playing

Teaching a Correct Position of the Hand

You Cannot Get Along without Scales

Marriage of Figaro: Adapted for Presentation as a Reading at Musical Clubs

Curing the Hustler

Points in Good Piano Playing

The Student Designer March 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The March, 1930 issue had an article about the RISD Mechanical Design department, it's history and mission. Gallery talks and art exhibitions in the Providence area were also included. Bits of humor, an essay about the RISD museum, brief articles about music and the arts and local ads were also in this issue.

The Student Designer February 27, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The February 27, 1930 issue had articles about the RISD Jewelry and Silversmithing department, art exhibitions in the Providence area, RISD sports news, class news, and social news. An article about RISD Alum and sculptor Nancy Elizabeth Prophet winning a Harmon Foundation prize for her wood carving of the "Head of a Negro" is present. Also included were local ads and a poem.

Volume 48, Number 02 (February 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Master Teacher

Tragedy of Moussorgsky: The Dramatic Story of the Most Curious Figure in Music History

Tavern Music

Struggle of the Negro Musician

Chord Reading

Grandaddies of Our Pianos

Notable Musical Women

Master Discs

Development of the Left Hand

Light and Shade in Piano Playing

How Music Came to be Written: Musical Pioneers Who First Divised the Notation System

Handel and Beethoven: The Pillars of Our Modern Musical Structure

Don't Don't!: Why Some Teachers Are to Blame for the Failure of their Students

Portamento Touch

The Student Designer January 31, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The January 31, 1930 issue had an article about RISD architecture students who wanted a change in their curriculum. Also included was an article about the RISD textile department. Bits of humor, ads and information about art exhibitions were also in this issue.

Volume 48, Number 01 (January 1930), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music and Brains

New Apsects of American-Indian Music

How Much Technic is Indispensable?

Designing Natural Fingerings

Pertinent Advice to Practical Pianists

Notable Careers of the Esterhazy Family: An Account of the Remarkable Hungarian Family Which Extended Enormous Assistance to Musical Art, Through Its Benefactions to Composers and Players, Including Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert

Centenary of the Accordion

Art of Making Playing Beautiful (interview with George Copeland)

Up-to-Date Ideas on Improving Piano Touch: How to Practice Thirds, Sixths and Octaves

Beethoven's Minuet in G

Brace for Broken Rhythm

Arpeggio Drill

Parent's Part

Tips Important

Teaching Note Values

Musical Home Reading Table …

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1930-1931, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1930-1931 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, an academic calendar, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, biographical information about and images of faculty, and tuition information.

Three Little Words / Music By Harry Ruby; Words By Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Harms Incorporated (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: drawing of Amos n Andy; featured in Check and Double Check; Publisher: Harms Incorporated (New York)

For You / Music By Joe Burke; Words By Al Dubin, Joe Burke, Al Dubin, M. Witmark And Sons (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: drawing of a woman serenaded by her admirer; Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons (New York)

Kiss Waltz / Music By Joe Burke; Words By Al Dubin, Joe Burke, Al Dubin, M. Witmark And Sons (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: photo of Grant Withers and Sue Carol dancing; from Dancing Sweeties; Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons (New York)

The Perfect Song / Music By Joseph Carl Breil; Words By Clarence Lucas, Joseph Carl Breil, Clarence Lucas, Chappell Harms Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Key of D. Cover: a photo of two men Amos n Andy (see 247); Publisher: Chappell Harms Inc. (New York)

Say A Little Prayer For Me / Music By Horatio Nicholls; Words By Joseph George Gilbert, Horatio Nicholls, Joseph George Gilbert, M. Witmark And Sons (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Key of G. Cover: a drawing of a woman portrait and a Candle (two white discs); Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons (New York)

Song Of The Day / Music By Milton Ager; Words By Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Jack Yellen, Ager Yellen And Bornstein Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: Songs list: Song of the Dawn, I like to do things for you, a bench in the park, Happy Feet, Music has Charms, My lover; Publisher: Ager Yellen and Bornstein Inc. (New York)

What's The Use?/ Words By Isham Jones And Charles Newman, Isham Jones, Charles Newman, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: a drawing of a woman; a photo inset of Isham Jones; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Just A Gigolo (Schoner Gigolo) / Music By Leonello Casucci; Words By Julius Brammer; Translated By Irving Caesar;, Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer, De Sylvia Brown And Henderson (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

No abstract provided.

Piano Course: Grade 7, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 7, Graduate A: Compositions, number 701 through 760

Piano Course: Grade 6, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 6, Advanced B: Compositions, number 601 through 660

Ua1b1 11th All Star Concert Series, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Advertisement for the 11th all star concert series hosted by WKU in 1929-1930. Features singers, musicians and lecturers:

• Estelle Gray-Llevinne
• United States Army Band
• Berger-Steindel-Aster Trio
• Gloria Randolph
• Smallman a Capella Choir
• Ratan Devi
• Chandra Dharma Sena Gooneratne
• Henri Scott
• Charles Boggs
• Melvena Passmore
• Festival Opera Company
• Howard Carman
• William Phillips
• Rhys Morgan

Bye Bye Blues / Words By Fred Hamm, Fred Hamm, Irving Berlin Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1930-1967

Cover: photo of Bert Lown; Publisher: Irving Berlin Inc. (New York)