Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 1-1-1940 Volume 58, Number 01 (January 1940) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 58, Number 01 (January 1940)." , (1940). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/265 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]. January THE ETUDE 1940 Price 25 Cents music mu — 2 d FOR LITTLE TOT PIANO PLAYERS “Picuurl cote fa-dt Wc cocUcUA. 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