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Volume 45, Number 11 (November 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Branding the Blunders

Mother Music

Musical Education in the Home

How Germany is Striving to Win Back Pre-War Musical Conditions

New Paths in Musical Art (interview with Alfredo Casella)

To Facilitate Note Reading

Aid to Memory and Expression

Mechanics of Art

Treat Your Piano Right: Respect Your Piano in the Home and in the Concert Hall if You Demand the Best Results

Introducing Cora and Dora

Showing an Interest in the Pupil

Teaching the Student to Think

Music as an Inspiration in Art (painting)

Something About Chord-Playing

Successful Radio Performance

Haunts of Great Masters n Vienna (etchings)

Light and Shade …

Volume 45, Number 10 (October 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Is Meant by Equal Temperament?

Have Contrast in Music

What Shall We Do With Bad Musicians?

Operatic Triumph Over Mountain-High Obstacles (interview with Madame Isang Tapales)

How Can I Raise the Standard of My Playing?

Beethoven's Great Funeral March on the Death of a Hero (monument)

Happy Sides to Beethoven's Life

Fads and Fallacies in Modern Pianism

How to Teach Scales

Two Pianos

Queerest String Instrument in the World

Making Selections of Music for Beginners

Scottish and Other Folksong: Its Relation to Art Music

Translating Practice Into Pleasure

Amber Light for Reading Music

Easy Way to Understand the Triads: …

Volume 45, Number 09 (September 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Shall I Do With My Music? (interview with Howard Hanson)

For Mastering Scale-Like Passages

Evolution of the Staff

Learning the Pedals

Damrosch and New York Symphony

Launching the Musical Artist: How Great Pianists, Violinists and Singers are Presented to the Public

Music and Poetry in Autumn

Leschetizky's Vital Ideas

Some Observations on Practice

Hot and Cold—A Helpful Teaching Idea

How to Get Up a Little Musical Pageant in Your Town

Do Not Run Past the Signals

Scale Signature Design

Maintaining Interest

Short Compositions for the Piano

Building the Grand Staff

Curing Collapsible First Joints of Fingers

Stunts Do Not …

Volume 45, Number 08 (August 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Technic and Beauty in Piano Playing (interview the Guiomar Novaes)

Aim and Achievement

Position at the Keyboard

Perfect Twenty-Four

Mistakes Accompanists Make

Interesting the Boy in Practice

Musical Smiles

All About the Slur: Its Fifteen Uses in Music

Von Buelow in Chicago

Learning the Midas Touch from Schubert's Rosamunde

To Do, Or Not To Do

Interpretation of the Little Classics

Liszt's Impromptu Feat

For a Stiff Wrist

Necessity of Visual Musical Education

Whole Rest and Half Rest Gentlemen

Learning the Art of Conducting With the Aid of the Talking Machine

Something About Tone

Wagner a Nervous Conductor

Learning to Listen …

Volume 45, Number 07 (July 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Nothing But Exercises for Six and One-half Years (interview with Tito Schipa)

Perfection Before Pedal

Why Stop Work When Lessons Stop?

Thought Provoker

Breaking-in the New Lesson

On Developing Good Taste Early

Weight Playing

Managing the Student and the Studio

Rhythmic Motions

It Pays to Advertise

Finger Gymnastics

How to Keep Pupils

Few Hints on Violin Playing (interview with Eddy Brown)

Flowers of Our Lost Romance

Improving the Diatonic Scale

Melody Writing for Little Folks

Your Ally—The Bulletin Board

Asparagus with Brahms

Such Hard Times

Putting Life Into Your Playing: Rhythmical Movement Applied to Technic

What the Cowboy Liked Best …

32nd Annual Commencement, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 32nd Annual Concert and Commencement at Auditorium Theater (58 East Congress Street) held on June 18, 1927.

Volume 45, Number 06 (June 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Staccato, the Spice of Music

Keeping Up One's Music

What Effect Has Jazz Upon Present Day Music and Composers?

Magical Symbols of Notation

Glimpse of Jenny Lind

Association of Teacher and Pupil

Power of Accidentals Outside the Measure

Perfection of the Pianist

Polka

Timepiece of Music

Problem of Mixed Time

How the Musician Should Deal with Nerves

Listening In

Musical Vacation

Slow Scale Practice

Can You Tell?—Quiz

How to Give a Delightful Summer Musicale

Phonograph Master Class

Romance of the Scales

Charles Wakefield Cadman All-American Composer

Lucy Learns the Art of Dancing: A Humorous Recitation

Too Big for Him

How …

Volume 45, Number 05 (May 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Real Secret of Relaxation in Pianoforte Playing

What Music Thinkers Think

Ten Rules for Writing Music

Simple Ear Test

Making a Musical Start

Can You Tell? Contest

How to Play Glissandos

Vanishing Folksong

Teaching Scales to Young People

Make the Pupils Do the Work

Early Steps in Music

Pedal Study

One Perfect Number

More Questions from Teachers, Answered

Phenomena of the Wonder Child: Musical Prodigies of Today and Yesterday

Form in Music

Famous Liszt Cadenza Simplified

Gymnasium of the Singers: Technic That Produces Definite Results

Let the Pupils Do It

Scientific Grading

Bel Canto Legend

Leschetizky and the Invalid

My …

Volume 45, Number 04 (April 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

How to Use the Weight and Relaxation Method

Were Bach, Mozart and Schubert Poorly Paid

Musical Note

Points on Practicing

Drawing and Accenting

Secret of Touch or How to Extract the Most Beautiful Tone from the Pianoforte

Substituting Flats for Sharps

Music Creed

Another Use for the Metronome

Shifting the Staves

Can I Learn to Count?

Hints on Rapid, Flexible Playing

Training the Brain to Remember and Reproduce Music

Avoiding After-Pressure on the Keys

Starting a Miniature Conservatory

Getting the Pupil to Think

Aiding the Late Beginner

Great Masters as Students—Beethoven

For Stretching the Hand

Aristoxenus The Modern

Jumping the …

Ua68/9/1 Iolanthe Program, Wku Music Department

WKU Administration Documents

Program for performance of Iolanthe, contains ads for many Bowling Green businesses.

Volume 45, Number 03 (March 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Debussy: His Significance in the History of Piano Literature

Setting High Standards

What Music Does to Youth

Study of Octave Playing

Power of the Dot in Music

How to Estimate the Right Tempo

Bach's Two and Three Part Inventions as a Foundation for Polyphonic Playing

Art of Giving an Interesting Lesson

Getting Right Down to Business

Graded Scrap Books

Quiet Practice

What Active Musi Workers are Thinking and Saying

Viewpoints and Side Lights: Concerning Minor Keys

Bugbear Turned to Account

Excellent Program of Compositions by Amercan Women

Sharps and Flats Contest

What Music is Doing for College Students

Haydn's Opinion …

Volume 45, Number 02 (February 1927), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Every Music Lover Should Know About the Band

Encourage Expression

Distinguishing Between Whole and Half Rests

Scale Contests

Patriotism in Music

Adult Beginner

Only One Chance

Some Other Values

Banish Monotony

Common Sense in Piano Study

Life Stories of Great Masters

Dullard of Finger Family

Coney to Carnegie: In Which He Tells What Determination and Hard Work May Do for the Young Singer

Painting a Fugue

Keeping in Daily Touch with the Pupil

Grieg and the Royal Decoration

Theory of Major and Minor Keys for Beginners

Foot-Work at the Piano

Making Music Lessons Interesting

Playing Teacher

Just Before Playing …

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 …

La Fanfare Ste Cecile (Ste. Cecilia’S Band) Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

Ste. Cecilia’s Band was founded in 1897 by the Dominican Lay Brother Aymon under the auspices of L’Association St Dominique. As a boys band, members were accepted from the ages of seven. The band produced many accomplished musicians who went to perform locally with the Dominican Band as well as pursuing professional music careers. In 1947, the band became the Montagnard Band.

First row, L to R: Charles Dube, Victor Vaillancourt, Osias Gagnon, Josaphat Morin, Albert Christman, Elmo Tremblay, J. Dauphin, Eudene Bazinet.

Second row, L to R: M. Cailler, Armand Poliquin, Charles Gagne, Lucien Lebel, Eustache N. Giguere (later …

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1927-1928, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1927-1928 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, biographical information about and images of faculty, and tuition information.

Lindenwood College Centennial March, D. G. Labanca

University Documents

Sheet music to celebrate what was, at the time, considered the 100th anniversary of Lindenwood's founding.

When You're With Somebody Else / Music By Ruth Etting; Words By L. Wolfe Gilbert And Abel Baer, Ruth Etting, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Abel Baer, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: n. Illustr.; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Among My Souvenirs / Music By Horatio Nicholls; Words By Edgar Leslie, Horatio Nicholls, Edgar Leslie, De Sylvia Brown And Henderson (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of a chest filled with letters and a Rose; Publisher: De Sylvia Brown and Henderson (New York)

Kiss And Make Up / Music By Al Bogate; Words By Ned Miller And Hoefle Karl, Al Bogate, Ned Miller, Hoefle Karl, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of a Caucasian couple leaning in for a kiss; photo inset of Ralph Jones; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Turkey In The Straw / Words By Calvin Grooms, Calvin Grooms, Century Music Publishing Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: caricature of two African American males; description reads characteristic dance novelty based on the famous old melodies Old Zip Coon and Turkey in de Straw; Publisher: Century Music Publishing Co. (New York)

Sam, The Old Accordion Man / Music By Walter Donaldson; Words By Walter Donaldson, Walter Donaldson, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of an African American male playing accordion, while children play; photo inset of Helen Moretti; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Mississippi Mud / Music By Harry Barris; Words By Harry Barris, Harry Barris, Shapiro Bernstein And Co. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: photo of a Caucasian male playing violin; Publisher: Shapiro Bernstein and Co. (New York)

Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away / Music By James V. Monaco And Pete Wendling; Words By Alfred Bryan, James V. Monaco, Pete Wendling, Alfred Bryan, Henry Waterson, Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of a red headed Caucasian woman with bright red lipstick; photo inset of Gogert and Motto - The Human Jazz Band; Publisher: Henry Waterson, Inc. (New York)

Hit The Deck / Music By Vincent Youmans; Words By Leo Robinson And Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans, Leo Robinson, Clifford Grey, Harms Incorporated (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: description reads: A nautical musical comedy; Publisher: Harms Incorporated (New York)

My Blue Heaven / Music By Walter Donaldson; Words By George Whiting, Walter Donaldson, George Whiting, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: a drawing of a small house on a hill and a couple taking a walk on a starry night; photo inset of Harry Richman; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

There's Everything Nice About You / Music By Pete Wendling; Words By Alfred Bryan And Arthur Terker, Pete Wendling, Alfred Bryan, Arthur Terker, Henry Waterson, Inc. (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: a drawing of a girl holding a feather in her hand; a photo inset of John E. Frenkel; Publisher: Henry Waterson, Inc. (New York)

Tomorrow / Music By H. Leopold Spitalny; Words By Walter Hirsch And Monte Wilhite, H. Leopold Spitalny, Walter Hirsch, Monte Wilhite, Forster Music Publisher (Chicago)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: a photo of Gene Austin; Publisher: Forster Music Publisher (Chicago)

Your Land And My Land / Music By Sigmund Romberg; Words By Dorothy Donnelly, Sigmund Romberg, Dorothy Donnelly, Harms Incorporated (New York)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: A musical Romance based on Clyde Fitchs Famous Play Barbara Fritchie, floral illustration and a drawing of a house; Publisher: Harms Incorporated (New York)

Blame It On The Two Black Crows / Music By Harry Harris; Words By Haven Gillespie, Harry Harris, Haven Gillespie, Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of two crows dressed in tuxedos; Publisher: Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

Chlo-E (Song Of The Swamp) / Music By Neil Moret; Words By Gus Khan, Neil Moret, Harold Potter, Gus Khan, Villa Moret (San Francisco)

Sheet Music, 1920-1929

Cover: drawing of a swamp; photo inset of Ethel Waters; Publisher: Villa Moret (San Francisco)