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 23, Number 10 (October 1905)
Winton J. Baltzell
Concert Hall of the Paris Conservatoire
Making of Tone Color Effects on the Piano
Liszt as a Pianoforte Writer
Hints for Inexperienced Teachers
Music and Life
Opportune Bending of the Musical Twig: A Few Suggestions in Elementary Piano Teaching
Young Music Teacher
Foundation of Sight Reading
Estimate of Johann Sebastian Bach
Gounod and Faust
Mission of Music in the Public Schools
Essentials of Success
Music Lessons the Soldiers Taught
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Volume 23, Number 11 (November 1905)
Winton J. Baltzell
Carl Baermann: Some Characteristics of His Art and His Playing
Men and Things of the Day in Music
Music in the University of California
Mme. Wanda Landowska
How May a Child's Musical Talent be Determined!
Music Teachers and Pupils: A Study in Influences
Why Does a Composer Compose?
Realism in Music
On Traits and Characteristics of Students
Methods and their Use
True Musical Understanding: Is it the Result of Rule and Measure?
Useful Gymnastic Exercises for Musicians
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Volume 23, Number 12 (December 1905)
Winton J. Baltzell
Study of Musical Talent: Illustrated from Life
Musicians at Practice
Musician's Love
Musicians Buried in Westminster Abbey
Influence of Musical Instruments upon Composition
Piano Music of the Present
Distinctive American Note in Our Music
Attitude of the Typical Musical Audience
Touch Signs
Reminiscences of Famous Musicians of the Immediate Past
Practical Ideas Applied to the Teaching of Children,Part 3
Best Way to Study Czerny
Music and National Life
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Volume 22, Number 01 (January 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Study of Great Vocal Works. A Talk with Alberto Randegger
From Virginal to Pianoforte
Why is Music Written in so Many Keys?
How the Teacher Conducts the Lesson
Analysis of a Composition and Other Aids to the Interpretation fo Piano-Musi
Parallels in Music Teaching
Careless Practicing
Real Purpose of Teaching Music in the Public Schools
Gospel of Effort
What is Kindergarten Music?
Illustration: Its Power in Teaching
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Volume 22, Number 02 (February 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
New Gems in the Old Classics: A Talk with Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
Concerning the Staccato Touch
Teaching of the History of Music
How and Why of Scale Practice
On the Self-Development of the Teacher
Analysis of a Composition and Other Aids to Interpretation
Music-Students and Concert-Going
Method of Teaching
Two Lessons vs. One Per Week
Little Singer
Reasons for Holding Class Meetings
True Genius of the Pianoforte
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Volume 22, Number 03 (March 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Talk with George W. Chadwick
Astronomy of Music
Conservatism in Piano Program Construction
Memorizing a Repertory
Pianoforte Legato
Mental Practice
Which Hand First?
Art of Criticism Indispensable to Music Education
Child's Start in Music
In Favor of Arrangements
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Volume 22, Number 04 (April 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Mme. Marchesi: Some of Her Teaching Principles
Musical Taste or Expression
Pertinent Points for Practical Pupils
Perception: Its Relation to Sight Reading
Boy Piano Student
Repertory of Pupils: Why, How and What?
Business of Music Teaching
Richard Strauss
Taste Versus Prejudice
Some Ideas for Teaching Children
Counting Aloud
Mannerism in Music
Shall I Make a Specialty of Training Children?
Training the Power of Concentration
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Volume 22, Number 05 (May 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
German Centers of Music Study: Leipzig and Its Great Conservatory
How Composers Work
My Friend Musicus and His Practice Gloves: A Practical Hint for Pianists
Lesson of a Noble Life: What a Country Teacher Did for a Community
Plea for the Use of the Black Keys
What is American Music?
Pupil's Repertory: How to Keep It
How the Teacher is Taught
Strength in Piano Playing
Pure Music and Program Music
How to Teach Little Children
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Volume 22, Number 06 (June 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Dr. Theodor Lierhammer on the German Lied
Subtleties of Piano Playing
Suggestions to Young Composers
On Educating Audiences
Reason for Practice
Repertory Building for Children
Exaggerated Accents
Shakespeare and Music
How Much Shall I Correct My Pupils?
Practical Transposition in the First Grade
Antonin Dvorak
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Volume 22, Number 07 (July 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
European Centers of Music Study: Vienna the City of the Masters
Berlin Concert Season of 1903-1904
Modern Fingering and Its Foundation Principles
Froebel's Educational Theories Applied to the Teaching of Music
Outline Study for Summer Work: Melody Divided Between the Hands
Suggestion for Summer Study in Harmony
Mastership by Mail: A Study of Correspondence Teaching in Music
Value of a Musical Magazine to a Young Teacher
Legato of the Pianoforte
Learning to Listen
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Volume 22, Number 08 (August 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Lessons from the Piano Player
Contralto's Lesson: A Story of the Opera
Samuel Pepys, Lover of Musique
Self-Confidence a Valuable Asset
Young Child and the Great Composers: How AreThey to Be Brought Together?
Directness, or Logic and System in Music-Teaching
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Volume 22, Number 09 (September 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: Its Musical Work
How Did Music Arise and What is Its Primary Object?
Has Each Key an Individual Character?
Arouse the Pupils' Interest
What is a Sonata?
Changing a Pupil's Viewpoint
Infant Prodigy
Point in Five-Finger Practice
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Volume 22, Number 10 (October 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
Making of an Artist: A Talk with Josef Hofmann
Music a Part of the Individual's Life
Musical Matters in the Daily Press—The Student's Choice
Psychology of Music: Where Feeling Comes In
Some Notes on Stephen Heller
What Shall We Do with Girl Pupils!
Harmonic Perception
Musician-Teacher as a Financier
Ear Training in Melody and Harmony
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Volume 22, Number 11 (November 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
European Centers for Music Study: Weimar German Athens
Cranky Pupil
Physicians' Diagnosic for Young Practitioners
Elementary Harmony
Musical Analysis
How May We Widen Our Influence as Teachers?
Russia's Greatest Composer: Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky
Thoughts on Mozart
Mechanical and Musical Side of Piano Teaching
Importance of Music Training for Boys
Some Mistakes in a Musical Education
Unpopularity of Classical Music
Dr. Mason on the Arm in Playing: What Does the Arm Actually Do in Piano Playing?
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Volume 22, Number 12 (December 1904)
Winton J. Baltzell
St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music: The Oldest Institution of Musical Learning in Russia
Christmas Music in America in Olden Days
Christmas Spirit the True Spirit of Music
Musician's Christmas
Prof. Michael Hambourg on the Modern Pianist and His Art
Talks on Piano Playing
Place of Music in American Life
Christmas Pantomime
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Volume 21, Number 01 (january 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Paris as a Music Center for Music Study
Ground Principles of Musical Interpretation
What, How, Where to Teach
American Music-Teaching
Keeping in the Forefront of Progress
First Flights of a Singer: A Story of a Prominent American Singer
Private Teacher versus the Conservatory
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Volume 21, Number 02 (February 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Two English Composers of To-Day: Frederic H. Cowen and Edwin Elgar
Orchestration at the Pianoforte
Wagner on the Piano
Intellectual and Emotional Phases of Piano-study
On Weariness of Teaching
Musical Opportunities in Small Cities
Training for Elementary Teaching
Types of Young Women Musicians
Physical Welfare of the Teacher
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Volume 21, Number 03 (March 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Centers for Music Study in Southern Germany: Frankfort and Wiesbaden
Pay the Price
Average Pupil and His Training
Left-Hand Parts in Easy Pieces
Common Sense in Piano Playing
Success Reached Through Failure
Quite En Familie
Attitude of the Teacher Toward the Parents
Hand Culture
Nail Finger Joint
Two Classes of Concert-Goers
Hop, Skip, and Jump in Teaching
Modern Technic and Modern Education
Power of Repose in Piano Playing
Siftings from a Music Studio
Tone in Pianoforte Playing
Common Error in Expression
Repertoire Building
Analysis of Mozart's Sonata in C Major
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Volume 21, Number 04 (April 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Ludwig van Beethoven (Biographical Sketch)
Man Beethoven
Influence of Beethoven on Form
Intellectual and Romantic in Beethoven
Beethoven the Prophet
Beethoven: The Development of an Ideal
Beethoven the Teacher
Sonatas of Beethoven
How Beethoven Worked
True Genius and Work Founded on an Incident in the Life of Beethoven
Analysis of Mozart's Sonata in C Major
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Volume 21, Number 05 (May 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Music Study in Berlin
About Entering the Musical Profession
Making of an Independent Teacher
Does Practice Make Perfect?
Intellectual and Emotional Phases of Piano Playing
True Genius and Work Founded on an Incident in the Life of Beethoven
Composition as a Factor in Musical Education
Extracting the Roots of Rag-Time
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Volume 21, Number 06 (June 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Making of an Artist: A Second Talk with Mark Hambourg
Harmony as Memory Saver
Music Study in Berlin
Octave Technic
Teaching Children
Musical Festival and Its Influence
Use of the Metronome
Some Obstacles in the Way
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Volume 21, Number 07 (July 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 21, Number 7 (July 1903)
Centers for Music Study in Southern Germany: Würzburg, Carlsruhe, Stuttgart
Business and Solid Side of Professional Life
Artist's Career
How Beethoven Cooked a Dinner
Musical Atmosphere Abroad Versus At Home
Musical Tone Production upon the Pianoforte
Child Teacher
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Volume 21, Number 08 (August 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Centers for Music Study in Southern Germany: Munich, Bayreuth and the Wagner Festivals
Attitude of a Modern Would-be Virtuoso
Country Teacher's Need of Versatility
As One to Another: The Story of a Song
Private and Class Work: A Lesson to Teachers
Esthetics of Modern Music
Exercises to Promote Artistic Pedaling
What Method Do You Use?
Music and the Married Mistress of the Home
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Volume 21, Number 09 (September 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
How to Interest Pupils in Technic
Music Teacher's Social Life
Music Teacher's Spare Time
Training Children
Selection of Pieces
Conflict Between Public School Work and Music
Practical Preachments on Teaching and Practice
Music-Study in the Colleges and Universities: The Effect on Professional Music-Study
Harmony: Duration and Dynamics of the Tones of Different Voices
Student Life and Work: What Shall I Study?
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Volume 21, Number 10 (October 1903)
Winton J. Baltzell
Lessons in Phrasing
What a Music Teacher Ought to Know
Note Reading
First Grades of Piano-Music
Harmony: Duration and Dynamics of the Tones in Different Voices
Training of a Piano Teacher
Student Life and Work
Self-Confidence
Playing at Sight
Teacher's Demands
Some Practice Points
Slow Practice
Scientific Spirit in Music