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.
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Volume 27, Number 08 (August 1909)
James Francis Cooke
Teaching the Child How to Think
Sight Reading and Memorizing
Gounod and Mendelssohn
Haydn's Picturesque Personality
Women's Opportunity in Music (symposium)
Influence of the Amateur in Music: Non-Professional Music-Workers Who Have Made Important Contributions to the Art
Music After Marriage and Motherhood: Opinions of Some of the Most Famous Living Women Musicians Upon the Problem of Keeping Up Musical Work Without Neglecting the Home
Strengthening the Hands
Study Lighter Music in the Summertime
How Beethoven Wrote His Opera Fidelio
Tact in Correcting Mistakes
Popular Error About the Liszt Rhapsodies
Judging Pianos
Forcing Children to Learn Music
Avoid Dull Teaching Pieces
Oldest Piano in America
Professional Directory
Patti's Business Ability
Mme. Bloomfield-Zeisler on American Musical Conditions
John Philip Sousa on National Music (interview with John Philip Sousa)
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Volume 27, Number 09 (September 1909)
James Francis Cooke
Digest of Musical Opinion in Europe
Timely Hints to Parents of Musical Children
Social Position of Some of the Great Composers
How to Select Teaching Pieces
How to Retain the Boy's Interest in Music
How to Study Some Noted Mendelssohn Compositions
Unnecessary Motions
Making of a Music Class
Influence of the Reading of Music on the Eye
Commencing Music in Infancy
Making Pupils Practice
Who's Who Among Women Pianists and Violinists
How Rossini Played
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Volume 27, Number 10 (October 1909)
James Francis Cooke
Their Obstaclesnd How They Overcame Them: Difficulties That Have Beset the Paths of the Foremost Masters and the Way in Which They Fought and Triumphed
How Music Began
Nervousness—How and When to Prevent It
Analysis of Beethoven Sonata, Opus 14, No. 2, First Movement
Inspiration of Bach's Piano Music
Mendelssohn's Compositions
Grieg at the Keyboard
How to Conduct Pupils' Musicales: Some Practical Hints Regarding the Students' Recital Gleaned from Practical Experience
How the Staccato Touch Broadens Technic
Schumann on Liszt's Playing
Peculiarities of Hungarian Music
Correcting Mistakes at the Lesson
Determining the Lesson Price
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Volume 27, Number 11 (November 1909)
James Francis Cooke
Educational Influence of the Opera
On Memorizing Piano Music
Story of the Polonaise
What the Early Church Did for Music
Chopin as Extemporizer
Learning the Bass Clef Notes
How to Expand the Hand Without Injury
Short, Practical Lessons in Theory—The Dominant Seventh Chord
Teacher's Success Depends Upon the Pupil's Success
Mr. George A. Burdett's Work as a Composer
Why Hugo Wolf Failed as a Teacher
Some Fundamental Principles of Advertising for the Musician
Care of the Pianoforte in the Home
How to Form a Musical Library
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Volume 27, Number 12 (December 1909)
James Francis Cooke
Mendelssohn and Schumann: Personal Recollections of Them as Teachers
Self-Control in Music
Christmas Stories for the Musician's Fireside Reading
Individuality in Piano Playing (interview with Teresa Carreño)
Who the Troubadours Were and What They Did
Etude Gallery of Musical Celebrities
How to Preserve These Portrait-Biographies
How to Study the Trill
Why Some Artists Fail to Win Public Favor
Observations of the Moment
Story of the March
Wonderful Virtuosos of the Thirties and Forties
Helping the Dull Pupil
Mozart the True Type of Genius
Helping the Dull Pupil
Friends of Schubert
When is Music Classical?
Bach the Master of Masters
Short Practical Lessons in Analysis
Sacredness of Beethoven's Inspiration
Gounod's Opinion of Mozart
Self-Help Notes on Etude Music
Carry a Christmas Message of Good Cheer to Some Worthy Teacher
Eccentric Fingering
Some Characteristics of Good Musical Advertising
On a Change of Location
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Volume 26, Number 01 (January 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Some of Reinecke's Famous Pupils
Home Life of Reinecke
Courses of Self-Study for Piano: Suggestions as to How It May Best Be Pursued
What Music Owes to Dancing
Paderewski on Music Teaching
Career of a Concert Singer: Opinions and Experiences of the Noted Concert Soprano Miss Emma Thursby
Private Teacher in His Relation to Music in the Public Schools
How I Teach the Scales
How Long Shall Be the Lesson of a Child Under Twelve Years?
Chances of the Music Teacher in the Southwest
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Volume 26, Number 02 (February 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Teaching Young Boys
Placate the Parent
Piano Duet Practice
Technic as It Should Be
Teachers' Auxiliary Work
What is Music?
So-Called Natural Piano Technic
Carl Heins
Musical Degrees in American Colleges
Why the Masters Died Poor
Brahms and Nikisch
Contrasted Character of Major and Minor Music
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Volume 26, Number 03 (March 1908)
James Francis Cooke
MacDowell and His Mission
Why We Should Support American Music
Bach at the Organ
Poor Pay for Musicians
Harold Bauer on Technic
Rembrandt and Wagner
How to Study Chopin's Nocturne, Opus 9, Number 2
H. Engelmann
Brahms and the Waltz
Trying for a Church Position
Slow Practice
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Volume 26, Number 04 (April 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Newly Discovered Sketch by Mozart with its Musical Explanation
Sustained Finger Exercises
Co-öperation of Teacher and Student
Stimulating the Pupil's Ambition
Autobiography of a Rhapsody of Liszt
Suggestions Relating to Scale Fingering
Some Factors that Aid Good Teaching
Thirty-minute Lesson
Wagner's Witty Remarks on the Oratorio in England
Difficulties of the Young Music Teacher
What Should the Amateur Pianist be Taught of Harmony
Allow the Student to Develop His Own Ideas
Remodeling the Old Teacher's Work: How Great Tact Should be Used in Making Changes
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Volume 26, Number 05 (May 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Student Days in Weimar With Liszt: Reminiscences of an American Virtuoso and Teacher Who Won the Interest of the Greatest Master of the Keyboard
Extending the Compass of a Hand Without Injury
Securing Pupils
Helpful Ideas for the Younger Piano Teacher
Difficulties of Teachers in Small Towns
Leopold Godowsky on Natural Technic
Retaining the Loyalty of Old Pupils
Rise of the Virtuoso
Necessity of Credentials for Music Teachers
Some Essentials of Pianoforte Tone Production
Good Way to Teaach Odd Rhythms
Mothers as Assistant Teachers
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Volume 26, Number 06 (June 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Child Who Can't
Some Eccentricities of Musical Genius
Self-Made Masters in Music: How Schubert, Haydn, Raff, Wagner, Elgar and Others Taught Themselves—Practical Advice for Students Who are Forced to Carve Out Their Own Careers Without the Assistance of a Teacher
How Public School Music Should Help the Private Music Teacher
Should Music be Studied by High School Pupils?
Is the Piano a Disadvantage in Early Musical Education? A Symposium Upon a Vital Subject by Many Well-Known Teachers and Artists
How Correct Accenting Helps the Student
Making the Summer Profitable: Opinions of Practical Teachers upon Rest and Study in the Torrid Months (symposium)
How Shall We Finger the Scales?
Summer Reading Courses for Musicians and Students
Development of the Art of Touch
How to Learn by Attending Artist Recitals
Some Well-Known Dances of Spanish Origin
Tschaikowsky's Remarkable Variations
Wilhelmj and Wagner
Wagner's Youthful Appreciation of Weber
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Volume 26, Number 07 (July 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Dr. Robert Goldbeck, Prominent German-American Musician and Educator, Deceased
Lessons with Kullak: How the Great German Pedagogue Taught
Questionable Advantages of Foreign Study
Is the Piano a Disadvantage in Early Musical Education? (Symposium)
Correct Pronunciation of the Names of Well-Known Musicians
Acquisition of a Loose Wrist
How the Music Teacher is Hampered by Pupils' School Work
Necessity of a Vacation for Musicians and Students
Musical Development Late in Life
Educational Value of Musical Postal Cards
Egotism in Music
Reginald de Koven upon Night Work
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Volume 26, Number 08 (August 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Should Amateurs be Given a Different Course of Study Than Professional Students?
Class Teaching Versus Private Teaching
False Stories in Musical History
Importance of Music in the Home Life
Rimsky-Korsakov: 1844-1908
Musical Libraries
Piano Lessons by the Great Masters: Franz Liszt
Practical Church Music
Increased Valuation of Music in our Government
How Music May Alleviate Suffering
Bach Becoming Popular
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Volume 26, Number 09 (September 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Influence of Chopin
Life of Dr. William Mason
Journalistic Comment on Dr. Mason's Death
What is Gipsy Music?
Appreciation of Dr. Mason
Dr. Mason's Genius as a Teacher
William Mason Model Teacher
Pithy Sayings by Dr. Mason
Dr. Mason's Personality
With Dr. Mason in the Studio
Music in the Old World: What the Masters of Europe are Thinking and Doing
Basis of Music Memory
Passing of the Square Piano
Eccentric Moods and Manners of the Great Composers
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Volume 26, Number 10 (October 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Profitable Physical Exercises for Piano Students
About the Metronome
Paul Wachs: A French Composer Whose Drawing Room Pieces Have Been Exceptionally Successful
How the Masters Waited and Worked for Success: Tales of Persistence and Patience that Paid in the End
How a Musical Note-Book Helps Children
How to Play Chopin
Important Musical Activities Abroad
Musical Magazine and the Village Student
Self-Help Hints on Etude Music: Practical Explanatory Notes for Ambitious, Progressive Teachers and Students
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Volume 26, Number 11 (November 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Invention of the Nocturne
Stephen Heller—His Life and Works
From Rubinstein's Note-Book
Superstititions of Concert Pianists
Effective Piano Practice
American Students Should Study in America
What the Masters of Music Have Accomplished in Old Age: Remarkable Instances of Musical Activity and Intellectual Fecundity Late in Life
Musical Atmosphere in America
What Constitutes Beauty in Piano Playing
Classical Music as a Basis of Pianoforte Instruction
Handel's Youth
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Volume 26, Number 12 (December 1908)
James Francis Cooke
Tschaikowski's Appreciation of Grieg
How to Play My Best Know Pieces
Schumann's Industry as a Piano Student
Schubert's Love of Nature
Secret of Public Appearance
Wagner's Phenomenal Imagination
Training of a Concert Pianist, Part 1
We Shoot at a Flying Mark
Paying for Lessons
With Anton Rubinstein in the Class-Room
Teaching the Scales and Arpeggios
Securing Arm Control at the Keyboard
Lesson with Dr. Hans von Bülow
Make Every Movement Count
Question of Equipment
Musical Comedy of Errors
How Chopin Played
Dvorak on Why Bohemia is Musical
What Teachers and Pupils Could Do for American Music
Getting the Most Out of One's Lessons
Getting a Grasp Upon a Piece
Bizet at the Keyboard
Saint Saëns as a Pianist
Rubinstein on Memory
Fairy Music
Carl Goldmark's Reminiscences
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Volume 25, Number 01 (January 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Lessons From Haydn's Life
Some Appreciations of Haydn
Joseph Haydn: A Man and Artist: As He Lived
Haydn's Contribution to Instrumental Music
Study of Haydn's Pianoforte Compositions
Joseph Haydn and His Work
Haydn, the Child, Youth and Man
Musician's Masquerade: A Story of Haydn's Youth
Mystery of Early Engilsh Music
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Volume 25, Number 02 (February 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Chopin as I Knew Him
Lesson on a Phase of Technic: The Thumb and Second Finger
Repertory and How to Acquire It
Reminiscences of Schubert
Life of the Virtuoso
Few Thoughts Concerning the Musical Ear
Anton Rubinstein in His Classes
18th Century Tribute to Bach
Plan for the Teacher Who Wishes to Give Her Pupils Both Private and Class Lessons
French View of the American Musical Future
Evolution of a Country Church Choir
Some Common Errors of Piano Pupils: How to Correct Them
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Volume 25, Number 03 (March 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Easter at St. Peter's, Rome
Notes for the History Teacher
Pioneers in Music
Keyboard and the Hand
Incident of Schumann's Last Days
Hints for the Duet-Player
Rhythm and Meter in Music
Nature's Symphony: An Incident of Beethoven's Youth
Songs without Words
Sigismond Thalberg
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Volume 25, Number 04 (April 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Maiden's Wish (Chopin Story)
Weber a Dramatic Composer
Control of Nervousness in the Musician
Making a Community Musical
Some Considerations on Foreign Study
Some Modern Technical Delusions and a Suggested Remedy
Dangers of Thoughtless Automatic Practice
Aim and Scope of Music for the Left Hand Alone
Shakespeare and Music: Some Interesting Quotations
Are the Keys with Flats in the Signatures Easier to Play than the Keys with Sharps? Why? (Symposium)
Beethoven's Love for Nature
Secret of Rosenthal's Technic
Artist's Revenge (A Story of Liszt and Chopin)
Anton Rubinstein in His Class Room
Keep the Eyes on the Music
Fraud Music Publishers
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Volume 25, Number 05 (May 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Musician's Holiday in Central Europe: Summer Music in Germany
Liszt's Love for the Piano
TTo the Graduates in Music: A Baccalaureate
Scales and Scale Playing: Their Place in Modern Piano Playing (Prize Essay)
Minnesinger
Education of the Masters
Conservatory Musical Society—What it Can Do for Members
Suggestion to Stimulate American Composition
Teaching Pieces by Godard
Some Leipzig Teachers of Fifty Years Ago
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Volume 25, Number 06 (June 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Johannes Brahms: The Classical Spirit in Music
Some Sayings of Brahms
Estimate of Brahms' Work
Brahms as a Practical Joker
How Liszt Taught
Chorus in the Small Town, with Some Side-Lights on Its Influence on American Music
Edvard Grieg: The Scandinavian Spirit in Music
Jacques the Dreamer: The Story of a Musician, with a Moral in It
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns: A Representative of French Music
Story of the Minuet
History Questions for Music Students
Importance of Finger Training
Cornelius Gurlitt
Monument to Stephen Heller
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Volume 25, Number 07 (July 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
From Schumann's Workshop
How to Read Music
Beethoven's Fondness for Out-of-Door Life
Hint for the Sight Reader
Success and Failure in Music: A Symposium
Anton Rubinstein in His Classes
Grading Music for Teaching Purposes
Young Pupil and Elementary Musical Theory
Teaching Material for Children
Beethoven's Personal Appearance
Notes on the Study of Scales
Arthur Foote
Environment a Factor in Teaching
World's Greatest Pianists
Emotional Appeal in Instrumental Music
Paderewski's Minuet in G
Study of Program Music
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Volume 25, Number 08 (August 1907)
Winton J. Baltzell
Business Side of Making an Artist
To Protect Sheet Music
Study of Mozart's Sonata in F Major
Musical Education of the Blind
Henry Parker
How I Teach the Piano
Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakoff
Development of the Pianoforte
Enthusiasm in Teaching
High School Music Courses and College Requirements
Hans Sachs
Géza Horváth