Etude Magazine was published by Theodore Presser Company between 1883 and 1957. It was a staple for music teachers throughout the country, providing articles related to music history, new developments in music, and practical teaching techniques, as well as musical scores from the classics and new pieces for beginning to advanced students. Begun as an aid for piano teachers, the magazine grew to include information and literature for vocal and instrumental enthusiasts as well. Not only is the series important to the musician, but it provides an insight into the culture itself, including the impact of the development of the car, radio, and television, and expands to world music and the influence of world wars on that culture.
This offering of searchable .pdf scans of the Etude Magazine is made available by Dr. Pam Dennis of Gardner-Webb University. These scans are to be used for research only and are not to be reproduced. Attribution should be given to this website and to its compiler, when using for research. These issues are available under permission from the Theodore Presser Company as they appeared in Etude Magazine.
Dr. Pam Dennis's Index to the articles published in the Etude magazine, 1883-1957: Part 1 and Part 2 are available in the Gardner-Webb Faculty and Staff Book Gallery.-
Volume 75, Number 01 (January 1957)
Guy McCoy
Philadelphia's Academy of Music . . . One Hundredth Anniversary
Story of Roy Harris—American Composers, Part 2
Some Impressions of Music Education in Japan
Louis Moreau Gottschalk—First American Concert-Pianist
Shape Notes, New England Music and White Spirituals
Approach to Chopin's Etudes (interview with Ruth Slenczynska)
Music in the Schools
Madrigal Group is Fun Composer, Conductor, Comedian . . . That's Jackie Gleason
American School Music: An Assessment
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Volume 75, Number 02 (February 1957)
Guy McCoy
International Aspect of Folk Music
Candlelight Concerts in Colonial Williamsburg
Don't Shy Away From Adult Beginners
Singing on Television (interview with Lois Hunt) Impressions of Musical Education in the United States
Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen Shape Notes, New England Music and White Spirituals, Part 2
We Can Co-operate
Staccatos for the Sightless New Vistas in Music Programming for Radio
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Volume 75, Number 03 (March 1957)
Guy McCoy
Hail and Farewell to The Grand Old Man of Music Confusion
Confounded: An Objective Explanation of Some Frequently Perplexing Musical Terms
Singing Must be Natural (interview with Victoria de los Angeles)
Music's Part in Social Integration
Mariachis of Mexico
Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen, Part 2
Music in the Schools High School Symphony Orchestra . . . How It Is Made
New Studio
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Volume 75, Number 04 (April 1957)
Guy McCoy
Folk Music and Art Music
Playing with Orchestra (interview with Alec Templeton)
Community Solves its Music Crisis: The Inspiring Story of The Bronx Symphony
Orchestra Genius Lies in the Individual
Miniature Opera from Salzburg
Kostelanetz on Conducting, Conductors and Batons
Drama in Song: A Discussion of the Importance of Clear Enunciation on the Part of Singers
A Glimpse of the Inner Workings of One of the Largest Summer Music Camps is Gained from These Day to Day Entries . . . From the Music Camp Office
Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen, Part 3
Richard Rodgers on Current Trends in Popular Music
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Volume 75, Number 05 (May-June 1957)
Guy McCoy
Josef Hofmann, 1876-1957
Igor Stravinsky, Approaching his 75th Birthday, is Truly a Colossus of Modern Music
Music in the High School Gym
Good Vocal Habits (interview with Renata Tebaldi)
What Power Professional Criticism
Thalberg's Erard: A Discovery
An Intriguing Account of the Various Operational Details Requiring Careful Attention . . . Behind the Opera Curtain
Books on American Music: A Selected Bibliography
Music in the Schools
Choral Potential From the Baroque Era
Music to Link Mankind: The Story of the Formation of an Important Body Having to Do with International Relations
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Volume 74, Number 01 (January 1956)
Guy McCoy
What Was Mozart's Playing Like?
Creative Contrast in Mozart Mozart Bicentennial: A Partial Listing of Programs Honoring This Event For the Coming Year
Caring for the Voice (interview with Cesare Siepi)
Tape Recorder in the Music Room: Suggestions for the Use of Recording Equipment in the Educational Field
In the Steps of Mozart: A Brief Look at the Master's Life and Times as They Affected His Creative Output
Bartók, the Teacher—As I Knew Him
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Volume 74, Number 02 (February 1956)
Guy McCoy
Inside the Paris Opéra
Music in Focus
Georges Enesco, As I Knew Him
People's Music School in Sweden
Timeless Turntable: A Most Interesting Review of the Development in the Recording Field Since the Coming of the LP Era
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Volume 74, Number 03 (March 1956)
Guy McCoy
They Make Music Wherever They Go
Southpaw Solo Flight
Preparing a Career in Opera (interview with Joseph Rosenstock)
Porgy and Bess in Moscow
Boys Like to Sing!
Through Their Music They Build Democracy
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Volume 74, Number 04 (April 1956)
Guy McCoy
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Music Educators National Conference
In Memorium: Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
Personal Memories of Cortot as Artist and Teacher
Diction in Singing
National Interscholastic Music Activities Commission
MTNA in Action Music in Focus National Federation of Music Clubs . . . America's Most Far-Flung Musical Organization
Phi Mu Alpha (Professional Music Fraternity) . . . What it is and What it Does
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Story of Sigma Alpha Iota
Stepping Stones to West Point (interview with John A. Davis, Jr.)
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Volume 74, Number 05 (May-June 1956)
Guy McCoy
Charles E. Ives . . . A Composer With Something to Say
Music, Music Everywhere: A Resume of the Most Important Festivals that Take Place this Summer in European Music Learning to Learn Bach (interview with Rosalyn Tureck)
Diction in Singing, Part 2
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Volume 74, Number 06 (July-August 1956)
Guy McCoy
Music in Focus
Daylight and Darkness: Robert Schumann and the Years after Leipzig
Lieder Singer (interview with Irmgard Seefried)
Charles E. Ives, Part Two
Robert Schumann: Across the Years
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Volume 74, Number 07 (September 1956)
Guy McCoy
Music in Focus
Responsibility of Music Education to Music
Music in the American Wilderness
Picture Painted in Sound: Alden B. Dow Creates a New Art Visualizing Music
Pianist's Page
Waltz and Brahms' Opus 39
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Volume 74, Number 08 (October 1956)
Guy McCoy
Folk Music in Civilization
In Memorium - Mrs. Eduard MacDowell (1857-1956)
Wallingford Riegger—Composer and Pedagog
Loring Club
Bach of High Fidelity (interview with Robert D. Darrell)
Glenn Gould, A Début and a Personality
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Volume 74, Number 09 (November 1956)
Guy McCoy
Carl Orff's Musical Theatre
World Ballad of Bady Doe
Responsibility of Music Education to Music—A Reply
Opera for all America: Chandler Cowles, General Manager of NBC Opera Company, Outlines His Ideas Concerning the Project
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Volume 74, Number 10 (December 1956)
Guy McCoy
Obituary - Guy Maier (1890-1956)
Béla Bartók and Hungarian Folk Music
Story of Roy Harris—American Composer
Cradle of Music: A Brief Visit to One of the Most Interesting of Old-World Music Publishing Houses
Some Basic Issues in Music Education
Operas of Hugo Weisgall
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Volume 73, Number 01 (January 1955)
Guy McCoy
World's Most Holy Hour—Poem
Challenge to America
Christmas Concerto
Minimum Instrumental Performance Requirements for Music Education Majors
Lillian Baldwin and the Cleveland Story
American Academy of Teachers of Singing
Orchestra Department
Important Rôle of the String Orchestra in School Music
Christmas with the Composers
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Volume 73, Number 02 (February 1955)
Guy McCoy
Era of the Borge
Developing Musical Understanding in Teacher Training
NAACC Comes of Age
Comical Opera
Building Programs—And Singing Them
Kayser Studies for Violin, Op. 20—An Analysis of the First Twelve
Music in Germany Since the War
Talented Musical Family.
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Volume 73, Number 03 (March 1955)
Guy McCoy
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed.—A Review
Question of Touch (interview with Jan Smeterlin)
National Association of Schools of Music
Interpretation of the Religious Folk-Songs of the American Negro
My First Meeting with Bartók
Chorale That's Different
Eastern Music Camp
Common Sense Planning for the School Orchestra
Immortality of Melody (an editorial)
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Volume 73, Number 04 (April 1955)
Guy McCoy
Music Festivals Abroad this Summer
Soloist with Toscanini (interview with Herva Nelli)
Beethoven of Bonn
Xaver Scharwenka—A Great Artist and Teacher
Two Centuries of Trombones
Music in the Little Red Schoolhouse
Birthday Bells for Bell
Kayser Studies: An Analysis of the Second Twelve
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Volume 73, Number 05 (May 1955)
Guy McCoy
Problems of the Operatic Conductor (interview with Alberto Erede)
Musical Experience of the Classroom Teacher
Universal Appeal of Sir William Walton's First Opera
Development of Pianism (interview with Robert Casadesus)
Does Practice Make Perfect?
Music and the Mails
Youth Made the Challenge
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Volume 73, Number 06 (June 1955)
Guy McCoy
Music Al Fresco
Education of a Pianist
Music and Religious Drama
Carlos Chávez, Mexico's Mr. Music
Delightful Delusion: A Dramatic Account of Specific Ways on Which Music and Its Sister Art, the Dance, are Used Singing City
Sunnybank Quintet
World's Most Widely Sung Tune
Staging: Part Three—Operettas and Light Operas
Kayser Studies, Part 3: An Analysis of the Last Twelve
Ivory Towers are Boring: The Thrilling Story of the Aspen (Colorado) Music School How Can We Hold Our Adolescent Pupils?
Memoir of a Prince of Pianists: A Touching Incident of the Closing Days of the Immortal Ignace Jan Paderewski
What My Music Means to Me
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Volume 73, Number 07 (July 1955)
Guy McCoy
Toward Greater Piano Pleasures (interview with Alec Templeton)
Appreciation Through Participation
Making of Music
What Do You Want from Piano Lessons?
Rewards of a Successful Musical Career (interview with Richard Crooks)
Story of the National Ballet of Canada On the Threshold:The Emergence of the Symphonic Band
Success Lies in Service (interview with Gregor Piatigorsky)
Pianist's Page
Outstanding Compositions of the Year: Some of the Best Educational Publications of 1955
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Volume 73, Number 08 (August 1955)
Guy McCoy
Golden Age Grandee
Playing Piano Duets Can Be Fascinating
California Women's Symphony Orchestra: The Intriguing Story of the Orchestra That is at Present Considered the Oldest in the United States
Acoustics and the Organist
World's Largest Piano Class
Making of Music, Part 2
Values in Ballet Study (interview with Mia Stavenska)
Why Minor Signatures?
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Volume 73, Number 09 (September 1955)
Guy McCoy
The Messrs R and H
Utah's Singing Ambassadors of Good Will
Carl Sandburg, the Musician
Eugène d'Albert Reveals How Liszt Prepared for Scales
Music vs. Guns
Orchestra Member's Check List
Highly Significant Step (editorial)
Requirements for an Artistic Career (interview with Joseph Szigeti)
Contemporary Music—An Essential Part of the School Music Program
