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Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 9-1-1916 Volume 34, Number 09 (September 1916) 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 34, Number 09 (September 1916)." , (1916). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/628 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]. 617 THE ETUDE PRESSER’S MUSICAL MAGAZINE “If you own an Emerson” Electric Player Piano In the comfort of your own home, you can enjoy music CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER such as you hear when you attend a crowded concert 1916 given by a great pianist. —Music which, only a short time ago, was impossible Page The World ot Music. 621 except as performed by the artist himself. Editorial . 623 Stephen Poster's Versatility. 624 Talking Too Much.W. F. Unger 624 Some Musical Signposts.O. J. Heckman 624 Black and White Horses.lira. P. It. Turner 624 Recollections of Foster's Last Days.. .Mrs. P. Duer 625 An Intimate View of Stephen Foster. 626 The Training of the Thumb_Cuthbert A. Harris 627 The Shortest Way.Mme. Pupin 628 A Sight Reading Contest.H. R. Robinson 628 Stephen Foster's Romantic Career, Chas. A. Ingraham 629 Music’s Written Language.A. L. Manchester 630 The Advantage of Slow Practice.B. Schwartz 630 Compound Measures.C. von Sternberg 631 Popularizing Good Music.<J. N. Rockwell 632 Some Curious Musical Instruments. Beauty and Originality of Haydn’s Sonatos, Clarence Hamilton The Generosity of Franz Liszt. Two Great Innovators.Henry T. Finch Are You a Solomanlac?.L. Schwartz Forcing Children to Study.W. M. Derthick Burns and Schubert.J. F. Rogers Those Old Pieces.Laura R. Balgue 638 Teachers’ Round Table.V. J. Corey 639 Study Notes on Etude Music.P. W. Orem 640 Waste Motion in Finger Practice, Ralph K. Buckland 640 Music Study as an Investment.Ceorge Hahn 665 Robert Schumann's Wedding Gift.• 665 Department for Singers. 666 Department for Organists. 670 Music Lovers’ Digest. 673 Department for Violinists. 674 Department for Children.Jo-Shiplcy Watson 676 Musical Questions Answered . 687 A Morning in the Woods. Souvenir of Stephen Fosti . ...R. H. Stulwitt 642 At Evening. .R. Kinder 644 Dance of Gnomes. .Aug. Nolck 645 The Mill (Four Hands). .A. Jensen 646 En Masque. ..E. H. Kittredge 650 Whim . .R. Schumann 652 Valse Nocturne. .P. Brounoft 654 The Rabbit Hunt. .A. Quinn 654 The IJance Begins. .If. Paloverde 655 The Ghost. ...C. V. Rockwell 656 Dance of the Goblins.. .F. F. Harker 657 Jolly Teddy Bears. .J. H. Rogers 657 Poinsetta. .M. Bilbro 658 June Flowers. .... Jf. Loeb-Evans 659 Cecilia, Sing! (Vocal). .Tod B. Galloway 660 Mary O' the Mill (Vocal). .F. Corbett 661 When (Vocal). ... .A. T. 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