Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 2-1-1921 Volume 39, Number 02 (February 1921) 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 39, Number 02 (February 1921)." , (1921). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/676 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 FEBRUARY 1 Building a Vocal Repertoire Mme. Alma Gluck How to Double Your Progress Leroy B. Campbell The Average Amateur Pianist Constantin von Sternberg Too Difficult Music Clayton Johns Improvement in Practice Clarence Hamilton, M.A. How Debussy Succeeded Commendatore E. di Pirani RENEWAL.—No receipt t for renewals. On Beethoven Nursery Subscription Price, *2.00 per year in United PRESSER’S MUSICAL MAGAZINE . _rent you will be States, Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Hawaii, I your subscription is paid Philippines, Panama, Guam, Tutuila, and the City jipt for your subscription. of Shanghai. In Canada, $2.25 per year. In England Selected Sonatas and Colonies, 11 Shillings-2d| in France, 14 Francsl and cash deductions are allowed fo Tales when remitted by International Postal money order, Price, $2.50 payable at Philadelphia. 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