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May 1919) James Francis Cooke Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 5-1-1919 Volume 37, Number 05 (May 1919) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 37, Number 05 (May 1919)." , (1919). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/657 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ETUDE PRESSER’S MUSICAL MAGAZINE MAY 1010 PRICE, 20 CENTS $1.75 A YEAR THE ETUDE 1919 Page 265 NOTICE:—On January 1, 1919, the Subscription Price of THE ETUDE Advanced to $1.75 the Year II1 SELECTED RECENT PUBLU^TIONSOFJIEWT 1 5* 1 W During Past Months * :By the Theodore Presser Company: Alb^s o FIFTY-ONE OLD HUNGARIAN ALBUM OF PIANO PIECES BY MELODIES FOR THE PIANO ALBUM OF DESCRIPTIVE PIECES WOMEN COMPOSERS Price, $1.00 By Arthur Hartmann Price, $1.00 Price, $1.00 In this unique book some of the most distinctive Owing: to the characteristic style of the pieces, Women composers have made wonderful strides which afford a change from the conventional forms and characteristic of the Hungarian folk-songs have 'been collected. There is interesting data in connec¬ of composition, this album will appeal to every piano inte rpositions player. There are twenty-nine novel numbers in ^^TS^s tion with these melodies and their origin in the of women composers. This album contains some^of this album that portray various moods, pictures, introduction. scenes and occurrences. the best representative compositions of s women composers. STANDARD ADVANCED PIECES NEW AND MODERN SONATINA ALBUM MISSISSIPPI RIVER SCENES Price, 50 Cents Price, $1.00 By C. W. Kern Pric«’ $10° This volume contains such pieces as the good Not all the pieces in this volume are Sonatinas. A suite for the pianoforte of charming character- player delights to turn to continually, not pieces of They are pieces of similar nature by various com¬ istic nieces lying chiefly in the fourth grade, tney the virtuoso stage, but real advanced pieces by posers, such as Merkel, Spindler, Lichner, Becker are truly American, being suggestive and descriphve standard, classic and modern writers. Such com¬ • and others. Altogether this is an important volume of a trip taken by the composer upon t ^ Mississippi posers as Haydn. Mozart. Beethoven, Chopin, Men¬ from an educational standpoint, inasmuch as it River. These numbers are excellent for teac" nf^ delssohn, Moszkowski. Liszt and MacDowell being tends to cultivate a taste for a better class of music purposes and also make very novel and taking recital and also will act as a stepping stone to Sonatas for represented. numbers. the average pupil. Vocal Material | ^Piano—Four Hands | Teaching Works for STANDARD SONG TREASURY Elementary Instruction MUSIC LOVERS’ DUET BOOK Price, 50 Cents A Collection of Songa Price, 50 Cents An album of twenty-six four-hand pieces. This This is a fine collection of songs chiefly for the collection is one of the best obtainable for general middle voice, both sacred and secular, and » pn«ed CHILDREN’S RHYMES use in ensemble practice, sight-reading practice and from special large plates. 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