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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

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

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.

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

Volume 47, Number 12 (December 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Romance of the Christmas Carol

Music, Munich and the Mad King, Part 1

Pedagogic Principles of Piano Playing: As Prepared for the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris

Decade of The Six: Based on an Interview with the Distinguished French Composer, Arthur Honegger, One of The Six

Secrets of a Master Technic

Self-Study in Music

Changes in Piano Teaching in Fifty Years

Getting Correct Hand Position

To Overcome Poor Fingering

Lure of Japanese Music, Part 1

Are You Making Your Scales Real Ladders to Success: A Review of Common-sense Pedagogical Procedure for Intermediate Students and Some Novel Suggestions for Advanced …

Volume 47, Number 11 (November 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Woman and Music: Twin Souls of Civilization

Children of a Great Romance: A Meeting with the Daughters of Robert and Clara Schumann

Good Habit

I'd Like to, But—

Arpeggios and Their Fingerings

What Great Music Owes to Woman

Correction and Kindness

Much-Abused Spring Song

Love of Beethoven

Benefits from Music Study

How Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler Taught

Handicaps, Which Discourage Good Piano Playing

American Girl's Chance in Opera (interview with Rosa Ponselle)

Fundamental Art Secrets in Piano Playing (interview with Elly Ney)

Notable Musical Women

Blessed is the Musical Woman

Troublesome Rhythms

Mothers of Great Musicians: The Story of the Women Who …

Volume 47, Number 10 (October 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Chinese Scale

How We Make Our Music Study Club a Success or L'Etude de Musique; the Club with 100% Attendance

Those Forgotten Exercises

Native Orchestra of India

Harmonica—The Flying Wedge in Introducing Music

America's Greatest Song Writer

Romance of the Harp

Picking Up the Threads

Opera in English and its Advocates

How to Master Chopin's Butterfly Etude

Tie: How to Explain It to Children: The

Volume 47, Number 09 (September 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Brussels, the Musical Gem of Europe

Report Cards for Piano Pupils

Practical Considerations in Pianoforte Interpretation (interview with Walter Gieseking)

Philadelphia's Amazing Operatic Situation

Centenary of Rubinstein

Future of Music in Moviedom (interview with Erno Rapée

Music Idealism in the United States: An Address Delivered at the Anglo-American Conference on Music at Lausanne, Switzerland, August, 1929

Master Lesson on the Chopin Etude Opus 25, No. 2

Paragraphs form Schubert's Diary

Jazz—Whither Bound?

Volume 47, Number 08 (August 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Father Bach: A Personal Visit to the Home of Bach and a Sketch of Some of the Smaller Compositions of the Master

How Shall We Study Bach?

Cleaning Up Slovenly Playing

Polyphonically Speaking

Bird Repertoires

How I Graduated as a Music Bachelor at Fifty-Nine

Building Scale Technic

Pianist and Patent Office: Odd Mechanical Contrivances Designed to Help Pianists

Universal Schubert

Thirty Great Opera Composers

Volume 47, Number 07 (July 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Richard of the Footlights: A Personal Visit to Bayreuth

When the Child Pedals

Well-Known Time Troubles

Page Turning

I Want to Learn to Write a Song

Helps for the Nervous Musician

Getting a Good Start

Playing with Weight

Scales at the First Lesson

Fashions in Fingering and Common Sense

Physically Weak Pupil

Musicians are a Healthy Lot

Teaching the Alberti Bass

Bogus Tunes

Musical Pilgrimage to Haiti, the Island of Beauty, Mystery and Rhythm

Musicians of the Month

Visual History Series—Great Symphonists

Volume 47, Number 06 (June 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Mozart's Musical Portrait of a Lady

Solo Hate Campaign

Sousa Got the Cash!

Rubinstein in Edinburgh

Sheet Music Clinic

Story of Strings and Keys or From Monochord to Pianoforte

Fundamentals of Beautiful Piano Playing

Charm of Stephen Heller: An Interesting Discussion of the Work of a Man Who Strove to Make Educational Studies Beautiful

Making Scales Interesting

Velocity and the Metronome

How to Play Beethoven

How Schubert's Music Reflected the Poems He Chose for Settings

Volume 47, Number 05 (May 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Chopin's Perfection of Detail

Fourten Prima Donnas of the Pianoforte

Inspiration Road

Practice Difficult Passages

Teaching the Values of Notes

Matter of Rests

Laugh or Two

Making Plain the Seventh Chord

Indexng as an Aid to Memorizing

How to Impress the First Lesson Upon the Child

Playing and Singing the First Piece

Music of Paris, the Inimitable

Octaves and Blocks

Relaxation

Favorite Musical Instruments of a Past Generation

On Ability to Sight-Read

Me and My Shadow

Broken Chords

Nothing to Practice

Saving Lost Motion in Piano Study

Simple Way of Teaching the Value of the Dot

To Learn Letters and …

Volume 47, Number 04 (April 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Some Hints on Advertising

House of Accuracy

Learning Rapid Note-Reading

Accent

Charm of Musical Biography

When Pupils Choose Their Own Music

Playing for Others

Adult Beginner

Practice Hour Safeguards

Summer Music Schools

Music on the Moon-Kissed Riviera

Be Sure You Are Right

Bach an Architect of Music

New Light on Musical Acoustics

Teaching Intervals

Musical Cross-Examination

Have You Tried this Way?

Special Emphasis for the Chromatic Scale

Ten Commandements for Piano Students

Comprehensive Piano Lesson Report

Study in Bells, Chimes or Carillons as Related to National Life

Value of the Mental Picture

Wild Melodies from the Arctic

Unique Orchestra of …

Volume 47, Number 03 (March 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Precise Fingering When Wagner Shot a Rabbit

Brahms as a School Boy

Mozart's Poverty

How Finck Discovered MacDowell

Pupil's Repertoire

Golden Age of Music Study Has Arrived: New Worlds for Music Lovers and Music Students

Musical Research

Triplets

Salient Points for Practice Hours

Music on the Moon-Kissed Riviera

Master Themes the World Loves Best

How the Young Liszt Taught

Left Hand First

Student's Repertoire

Little Recitals

Three Master Singers on Preparing for a Lyric Career

Making the Most of an Exercise

Famous Method of Touch

What are Grace Notes?

Mastering Chromatic Thirds

New Understanding of Italian Terms of Musical Expression …

Volume 47, Number 02 (February 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Painting with Notes

Soundless Practice

Transposition

Piano as a Home Investment: First in a Series of Frank Editorials Upon the Great Educational and Sociological Importance of this Indispensable Instrument

Take Your Foot Off the Pedal

How the Scale Grows

Keep Studying

Gateways to Accomplishment

Big We Wagner

Trail of a Jongleur: A Fascinating Tale of Wartime Musical Experiences

Cheap at the Price

Why Music is Really a Necessary Part of the Child's Education

Student's Debt to Radio

Note-Bound

Wagner, Voice of the 19th Century

Landing Safely After a Leap

Beat in Whistling

Time-Saving, Hand Moulding Exercises for Piano Students

Costume …

Piano Course: Grade 3, Studies, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 3, Intermediate A: Studies, number 301 through 360

Piano Course: Grade 6, Studies, 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: Studies, number 601 through 670

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1929-1930, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1929-1930 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, biographical information about and images of faculty, and tuition information.

Volume 47, Number 01 (January 1929), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Filing Sheet Music

Supremacy of Personality

Venice, the City of Dreams

Jean Philippe Rameau (Portrait)

Phrasing—A Key to Technical Problems

How Do You Play Double Thirds

What Is a Prelude?

Drills in Sharps and Flats

Meddlsome Neighbors

Deceptive Accidentals

Musical Menus

Why An Investment in Music Lessons Always Pays: The Cultural Value of Music

What Children Love

Turning Failure into Fortune (interview with Vernon Spencer)

To Make Weak Fingers Curve at the First Joint

Rhythmic Problem

Appreciation of Schubert

Musical Story

Piano Course: Grade 5, Exercises, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 5, Advanced A: Exercises, number 501 through 556

Piano Course: Grade 1, Exercises, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 1, Preparatory A: Exercises, number 101 through 158

Piano Course: Grade 7, Studies, 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: Studies, number 701 through 770

Piano Course: Grade 7, Lessons And Tests, 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: Lessons and Tests, number 121 through 140

Piano Course: Grade 3, Exercises, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 3, Intermediate A: Exercises, number 301 through 358

Piano Course: Grade 3, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 3, Intermediate A: Compositions, number 301 through 360

Piano Course: Grade 6, Exercises, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade , Advanced B: Exercises, number 601 through 656

Piano Course: Grade 1, Studies, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

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

Piano Course: Grade 2, Compositions, Sherwood Music School

Piano Courses

A Lesson Book for the Piano Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 2, Preparatory B: Compositions, number 201 through 260