Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 7-1-1927 Volume 45, Number 07 (July 1927) 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 45, Number 07 (July 1927)." , (1927). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/747 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]. **I Practiced Eight Years on Nothing but Exercises” — Tito Schipa jz? ‘‘How I Turned the Corners”—Sir Frederic Cowen ^ Developing Musical Taste Early—Ernest R. Kroeger JULY 1927 Page -Jfid •/ THE ETUDE Worthwhile Suggestions to Teachers for Fall Classes • ’ Piano Teachers Who Prepare Now for the Our “Guide^ to New tQeany Any required teaching material may be lnd tor examination through 1HE OJs Start of Next Teaching Season Are ’teacher SALE” PLAN. Enjoy the convenience of IdviceWupon How to Begin Teaching, How this plan. Teachers^ may^ select^ numbers Doing Much to Insure Their Success. ?“zZnri Pubils What to do as the Puptls AivanJe, What to Use and How to Grade SSTch?eyrfSlly° make up^packages covering Teachers May Have Any of These desired classifications and grades. Numbers Pupils, etc. Dependable Teaching Helps for Examination. 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