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 12, Number 03 (March 1894)
Theodore Presser
Dvorak's Lessons
Truth
To Practice a Song
Piano Playing Can't Be Stopped
Von Bülow Dies
Summer School in Prospect
Read! Read! Read!
Questions about Scales
Shall All Children Learn Music
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical events from A.D. 1380-1885
I've Hear Him Once
Musical Pharisees
Some Errors as We Find Them in Pupils
Failure in Music
Why Woman Cannot Compose
Looking Backward
Puff Direct
Missed Lesson
Pupils [from] the Teacher's Standpoint
Quality, Rather than Quantity
Regarding Certain Pianists
Shall We Teach Cause or Effect?
Presumptuous Sins
Art and Money
Mozart on His Manner of Composing
More Repose
Pride Goeth Before a Fall
Hammer Versus Pressure Touch
Charming Fad for Music Teachers and Pupils
Gounod and Saint-Saens in Childhood
Good Words for Dr. Merz' Work, Music and Culture
Supplementary Music Leaf
Quack Music Teacher
Are Girls Taught Music to the Exclusion of Boys?
Results
Plea for Strauss
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Volume 12, Number 04 (April 1894)
Theodore Presser
Philadelphia Summer Music School
Technique and Feeling
Devitalized Wrist
Very Much to the Point
Valuable Contribution to Musical Criticism
Good Enough to Practice On
Classses in Biography and Musical History
Art Versus Prize-Getting
Women's Amateur Musical Clubs
Musical Taste
Public v. Private Pupils' Recitals
Review
Reason Why
Origin(?) of Certain Compositions
Some Secrets of Practice
Encourgting Young Musicians
What is Musical Intelligence?
Beethoven Sonatas
Wanted, in the Musical Profession, More Brains and Better Morals
Hints and Helps
In Jest
My Morning's Work
Let All Be Worthy and Well Tried
Necessary Reform in Charging Tuition
Extracts from Handy Music-Lexicon
Genius and Poverty
About Encores
Units
How to Keep Pianos in Hot Weather
Edvard Grieg
Good Listeners
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical events from A.D. 1380-1885
Courtesy to Pupils
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Volume 12, Number 05 (May 1894)
Theodore Presser
New Teaching and the Philadelphia Summer Music School
Touch and the Pedals
Reminiscences of My Teaching Days
Romance of Celebrated Pieces
Plea for Outside Studies
General Review in Harmony
Side Talk with Parents
Life of Richard Wagner
Instructive Hints
Mental Practice
London College of Music
Home for Aged Musicians
Weaknesses of Musical Students
Some Secrets of Successful Practice
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies
Musical Humbugs
Occasional Correspondence of a Music Teacher
Looking Ahead
Traditional Beethoven Playing
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Volume 12, Number 06 (June 1894)
Theodore Presser
Traditional Beethoven Playing
Flying Seed
From a Teacher's Notebook
Graduated Quack
Some Peculiar Concerts
What Can Be Learned From Copying Music
Chat With Paderewski
How to Keep Up a Repertoire
Equally True of Other Nations
Chopin Peculiarity
History of Music in a Nutshell
Some Secrets of Practice Illustrated
Beethoven's Personal Apperance
Life of Richard Wagner
Johann Strauss
Anecdotes of Von Bülow
Arthur Sullivan's Youth
Making It Certain
Word for Private Recitals
Cursory Talk about Sonatas
Paderewski's Daily Life
Music Lessons for Boys
Singers vs. Musicians
Class Experiences
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Volume 12, Number 07 (July 1894)
Theodore Presser
Intellectual Attitude of Instrumental Practice
Some Abuses of Music
Gleams from Bohemia
Where Are We At?—Mechanical Aids to Piano Practice
Conservatory Graduates
Life of Richard Wagner
Modern Musical Progress
Duet Playing
Mozart at Marseilles
How to Conquer a Difficult Passage
Annette Essipoff
Getting Pupils to Do More Thinking
Knowledge of Harmony Indispensable to All Musicians
Beethoven Sonatas Not For Children
Clerious Elocutes
How to Buy a Piano
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Volume 12, Number 08 (August 1894)
Theodore Presser
Vassar Graduates at A.C.M. Examinations
Pieces as Studies
Common Faults in Piano Playing and Common Sense Remedies
Conscientiousness in Praise
All-Round Artistic Training
Improvement in the Construction of Pianos
Smile, With a Moral
How to Enjoy Good Music
Caste of the Musician
Musical Education
Ethical Culture and Music
Liszt and Mendelssohn
Concerning Tone-Color in Piano Playing
Thoroughness
Musical Renascence
Fate of the Old Pianos
Incident
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Volume 12, Number 09 (September 1894)
Theodore Presser
Mental Practice
Amateur Musical Society
Art, Versus Muscular Power
Stray Toughts
Why Give Etudes
Summing Up of the Year's Work
Listening to Music: A Few Words to Concert-Goers
Specimen Programmes for Pupils, Hints as to Methods of Study Performance
Left Hand
Study of Hymn Tunes
Aphorisms
Musical History Examinations
How to Make a Simple Musical Cabinet
Time Reading
Woman's Life of Liszt
Some Curious Habits in Pupils, and Relections Thereon
Well Known
Must Teachers be Performers?
All Piano Pupils Should Study Harmony
Importance and Peculiarities of the Pianoforte
Different Ways of Composing
Gleams from Bohemia
Can Expression Be Cultivated?
Musical Journalism in New Zealand
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Volume 12, Number 10 (October 1894)
Theodore Presser
General Directions to be Observed when Playing for Others
True Ideal of Music Teaching
Accompanying in Theory and Practice
Musical Advancement: A Suggestion to Parents
Proper Scale Practice
Taste
Listening to Music: A Few Words to Concert-Goers
Topics for Reflection
Magazines for Pupils
Strengthening Pianists' Fingers
Worrying
Franz Liszt's Letters
Handel's Sarcasms
How to Learn Music
Why Not a Graded Catalogue of Music With Which to Begin Teaching?
Little Items for Pupils Worth Knowing
Specimen Programmes for Graduating Pupils
Over Our Tea Cups
Whims of Composers
How to Analyze
Longevity of Composers
Pre-Eminence of the Pianoforte as a Medium for Music Study
Work in Composing
Use and Abuse of Practice
Few Things that Discourage the Music Teacher
Analysis of Chopin's Ballade in G Minor
Selecting a Piano
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Volume 12, Number 11 (November 1894)
Theodore Presser
Some Methods of Popularizing Songs
Jests That Instruct
Courage in Music
Influence of Music
Two Lessons or One Lesson a Week?
Right Beginning
Ways and Means, and—Results
Egoism
Our Country Teachers—Some Hints for Their Advancement
How to Make Practice Easy
Godard's Characteristics
Machine Pupils
Rheumatism of the Hand and Arm
Foreign Titles and Foreign Names
Hints to Young Composers
Conflict Between Public School Work and Music
Habits of Music Pupils
Does Music Describe?
Portamento Touch
Music (Male) Teacher's Work
Suggestions to Musical People
Power of Association
Amateur Musical Club
Paderewski's Tone and Touch
American Pianists (photos)
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Volume 12, Number 12 (December 1894)
Theodore Presser
Musical Brotherhood
Concerning Authority in Piano Teaching
Sayings of Von Bülow
Dull Pupils
Word to the Thoughtless Pupil
One Thing Neglected
What Are They?
Man Cannot Live By Talent Alone
Labor of Teaching
Gilding the Pill
On Fingering
Recognition of the Worth of Others
Independent Thinking
Is Blind Tom a Genius?
On Fees and Missed Lessons
Plea for the Intelligent Instruction of Children Upon the Pianoforte
Labor of Writing Music
Is the Piano a Detestable Instrument?
Memorizing Music
Technical Reserve Power
Rubinstein is Dead
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Volume 11, Number 01 (January 1893)
Theodore Presser
Concerning Arm-Touch
Statement from Wm. Mason
Is the Musical Profession Over-Crowded?
Teachers and Teachers
Practical Suggestions
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical Events from A.D. 1380-1885
List of Piano Studies
Patience
Pupils and Practice
Who Shall Select Pieces?
Musicians Have Good Memories
Teaching of Musical Form
Johannes Brahms
Foundations Work
Methods of Self-Education in Music
Pleasures of Musical Analysis
Phonograph in Music Study
Modern Musical Education
Pedagogical Aspect of Piano Teaching
Frederick Chopin
Teacher as a Missionary
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Volume 11, Number 02 (February 1893)
Theodore Presser
Be Thorough
Benefits of Side Studies and Reading
Tone Production
Work of Pianists
Precision of Touch
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical Events from A.D. 1380-1885
Revolution in the Teaching of Fugue
Reed Organ, Artistically Considered
Procuring and Retaining Pupils
Left Hand
Common Pitfall
Influence of the Teacher's Personality
Piano Etudes: A Retrospect and Present View
Teaching Musical Taste
Slow Study
Singing for Piano Pupils
Music as a Profession
Development of Pianoforte Music
When and Where Does a Music Teaaher's Skill Begin?
Composers and Their Inspiration
Memorizing Music
Piano Practice as a Factor in Character Building
Elements of a Successful Teacher
Tiring the Pup
Another Solution of the Two Against Three Puzzle
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Volume 11, Number 03 (March 1893)
Theodore Presser
In the Piano Corner
Delicacy and Accuracy of the Ear
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical Events from A.D. 1380-1885
What Does Music Express?
Louis Köhler
Music Teacher and the Demand of the Times
Genius in Childhood
Music From a Pupil's Standpoint
Parental Control
Woman in Music
Reinecke on Mozart Concertos
Illustrious Sons of Humble Sires
Rules for Scale-Fingerings
Beginnings
Merely a Bluff
Secret of Success
Music Students and Physical Culture
Accompanist
Thoughts on Piano Practice as a Factor in Character Building
Home and Daily Life Rules for the Musical Generation Now Growing Up, in Thirty Encouraging Paragraphs
Narrow-Minded Musicians
Chatty Letter form Madame Pupin
Points for Pupils
Comprehension Above All
Waste of Time
Music and Business Ability
Chats with Pupils on Ingratitude
Visit to a Boarding-School Miss
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Volume 11, Number 04 (April 1893)
Theodore Presser
Music Teacher's Experiences
Inexpensive Teacher
Lack of Tone Color in the Piano
New Music-Teaching
Novelty in Piano Manufacture: An Octave Pedal
General Faults
Wilson G. Smith
World's Columbian Exposition
Beethoven's Last Composition
Something for Pupils
Modern Definitions of Old Musical Words
Few Suggestions: Teaching the Piano to Beginners
Various Methods
Tact, Treatment of Pupils, Change of Teacher
Americans in Music
Power of the Teacher
Reed Organ Stops: Artistic and Pleasing Effects Described
Artist's Secret
Obscure Teachers: How to Succeed in Remote Places
Sympathy
Bach's Student Days
To Young Teachers: How to Learn to Play with Expression
Studio Experiences
True Statement
Karl Tausig
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical Events from A.D. 1380-1885
Wanted—A Text-Book on Harmony
Teaching Time
Joseffy on Insufficient Preparation
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Volume 11, Number 05 (May 1893)
Theodore Presser
Be Competent
How to Learn to Play with Expression
Progressive and Young Music Teachers and the Summer Music School
Value of Hard Work
Dr. William Mason
Clementi, Cramer, and Czerny
Curved Line
Imitative Teaching
Musical Study for Children
Hero Worship
Sharp Four in the Minor Mode
Exactness in Fingering
Model Student
Experience, Suggestions, Trials, Etc.
From the Teacher's Standpoint
Why They Fail
Re-Studying of Compositions
Concise Chronological History of the Chief Musicians and Musical Events from A.D. 1380-1885
Types of Muisc Teachers
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Volume 11, Number 06 (June 1893)
Theodore Presser
Ear Training
Method
Heart, Brains, and Fingers
Liszt and Contemporary Composers
Some Deductions from Paderewski's Playing
Ladies' Piano Club
Reading Music Mentally
Beethoven
Congress of the American College of Musicians
Wasted Piano Practice
Pedal
Popular Outline of Musical Literature
Music Teacher's Duty From the Standpoint of an Intelligent Pupil
Exercise in Counting Intervals
On Thorough and Artistic Study
Scale-Playing
Collateral Reading
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Volume 11, Number 07 (July 1893)
Theodore Presser
Miss Amy Fay on the Deppe Model
New Volume of Heller Etudes by C.E. Cady
On the Use of the Damper Pedal
Classsical Music Fad
Analysis and Logic in Music
How to Study—How to Teach
Understanding Classical Music
Thought on Teaching the Scale
Notes on the Works of Some Living Composers
Teaching the Gifted Pupil
Effect of Romanticism Upon Technic
Paderewski and Liszt
Musical Education of The Masses
Phrasing For Beginners
Plea for the Soft Pedal
Robert Schumann—Poet
Time is Money
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Volume 11, Number 08 (August 1893)
Theodore Presser
Chopin Waltzes as Piano Solos
Applause
Intellectual Culture of Musicians
Schumann's Peculiarities
Accompanying
Single-Handed Scale Practice
Musical Domino Parties
Music as a Bread-Winner for Girls
How to Help Students
Use of the Metronome in Practice
Reed-Thoughts
Early Repertoire
Madame Schumann as a Teacher
How Are We To Make the Piano Utter Most Eloquently in the Melodious Tones
Missing Lessons
Useful Knowledge to Pupils
Ladies' Piano Club and Circulating Music Library
How Much of Theory Should be Taught by Every Teacher
Democracy in Musical Education
Doctor of Music
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Volume 11, Number 09 (September 1893)
Theodore Presser
Broad Education
Seeking the Cause
Something for Parents
Animals and Music
Choice of Pieces
What Branch of the Musical Profession Shall I Enter?
Narrow Culture of Musicians
How To Teach Beginners
How May Parents Assist the Teacher?
Illustrating Music Lessons
Encouraging Pupils
Should a Music Teacher Be an Organist as Well as a Pianist?
Wealth and Poverty of Musicians
Nationality of Masters of the Piano-Forte
On Coaching Pupils for Recitals
Teaching in Rural Districts
Hints for Amateurs Only
Does Piano Playing Pay?
Lack of Public Sympathy for Musical Art
Are We Ready for Work?
Disadvantages of the Practice of Etudes
Paino Teachers and Singing
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Volume 11, Number 10 (October 1893)
Theodore Presser
Stephen Heller
Edward Schütt
Golden Rules for Singers
High Ideals
For Students
Visit to a Boarding-School Miss
Gradual Development of Instrumental Music
Wanted—Results
Self-Reliance
More About Music Study Abroad
Speed in Passage Playing
Sermon to Pupils
Classification of Celebrated Pianists
When I Cease to Grow, I Cease to Live
How We Hear
Pay of Music Teachers
Repertoire
Practice Lesson
Voice, Violin, or Piano, Which?
Does Piano-Playing Pay?
Studio Experiences
Music as a Medicine
Suggested Improvements in Pianos
Clever Musical Rhymes
Stimulus of Poverty
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Volume 11, Number 11 (November 1893)
Theodore Presser
American Folksongs
Imitative Teaching
Short Treatise on Instrumental Music
Helpful Hints for Listening to Music
Teacher's Catechism
Study of the Voice
Flute Playing for Women
Misconceptions in Music
Some Studio Experiences
Musical Abuses: The Proper Length of Music Lessons When Given to Pupils of Different Grades and Ages
Music in Emergency
Intellect in Piano Playing
American Folk Songs
Good Accompanist
Power of Attention
Playing from Memory
Singing the Basis of Playing
Shall We Use Studies?
Professional Tact
Troublesome Questions from Beginners
Sonata
Chopin at Home
Concerts: How to Profit from Them
Word on Encores
Chopin Nocturnes
Natural Use of the Fingers
On the Moonlight Sonata
Pedals of the Piano
Charles Gounod
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Volume 11, Number 12 (December 1893)
Theodore Presser
Timely Warning
Some Curious Habits in Pupils, and Reflections Thereon
Musical Advancement
How to Listen to An Artist
Tschaikowsky Dead
Piano in Liszt's Letters
Why Not Try Lecture Recitals?
Sign of the Times
Music in the Household
How the Etude is Made
Some Curious Things About Sound
Vocalizing and Singing
Practical Use of Music Clubs
Teacher's Catechism, Part 2
Music Patients
Musical Abuses: Pupils Should Pay for the Lessons Missed by Their Fault or Misfortune
Some Types of Piano Teachers: As Viewed by a Pupil
On Piano Playing in Public
Selection of Pieces
Habits of Practice
Papers About Pianos
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Volume 10, Number 01 (January 1892)
Theodore Presser
Parents and Music Teachers
Woman in Music
What a Student Can Learn at Concerts
Rubinstein as Teacher
Theory of Music Explained for Piano-Forte Players
1791-1891: Two Scenes and Some Reflections Arising From Them
Words, Their Importance to Teachers
How to Learn a Piece
What is Classic Music?
March
Mason's Touch and Technic
Use of Wrist—When Shall It be Taught?
Study of Rhythm
Valuable Ideas for Pupils
Something for Pupils
List of Cabinet Organ Music
Turning Over a New Leaf
What to Teach: Hints for a Teacher's Circular
Few Rules for Piano Practice
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Volume 10, Number 02 (February 1892)
Theodore Presser
What is Romantic Music?
Secret of Rapid Progress
Four-Hands Playing
Requisites for Voice Teachers
Value of Analysis for Pupils
One of a Music Teacher's Perplexities
Some Useful Pieces
Pen and Pencil Sketch of Beethoven
What is Musical Life?
Home Influence Upon the Pupil's Progress
Study of Rhythm
Faults and Their Remedies
University Extension, for the Systematic Home-Study of Music
Varieties of Legato Touch
How to Learn a Piece
How to Study—How to Tecah
Musical Analysis and Phrasing
European Conservatory in St. Louis
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Volume 10, Number 03 (March 1892)
Theodore Presser
Biographical Sketch and Critical Estimate of Ignace J. Paderewski
Parents, Pupils and Teachers
Music Teachers and Music Teaching
Teaching Time
Thorough Practice
Conversation on Music
Scherzoso
How Many Music Lessons a Week and At What Age to Begin
How to Select a Music Teacher
Rhythmical Difficulty Solved
Bad Habits of Young Pianists
Study
Aesthetic Analysis Possible for Pupils
Ear Training
Some Studio Experiences; Or, Thoughts for Pupils
Proposed Remedy for Thoughtless Piano Playing
Classic and Romantic Music
Colors in Thematic Music Printing
Artists and the Public