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 62, Number 03 (March 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Birth of a New Era
Make Haste Slowly!: A Conference with The Nightingale of the Air (interview with Jean Dickenson)
Everlasting Quest for an Ideal (interview with Leonard Pennario)
Sir Walter Scott's Influence on Music
Young Conductor (interview with George Szell)
American Musical Firsts
Great Yesterdays in Music (interview with Edgar Stillman Kelley)
Getting Ahead Through Competition
Building Public Musical Taste (interview with Erno Rapee)
Are You Drilling Parrots or Training Musicians?
Fundamentals at the Piano (interview with E. Robert Schmitz)
Technic of the Month—Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 9, by Frédéric Chopin
Tchaikovsky's Wit
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Volume 62, Number 04 (April 1944)
James Francis Cooke
De Gustibus non est Disputandum
Great Mr. Handel Enters the Films
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
Piano Practice Game That Is Fun
Great Pipe Organs in American Mansions (interview with Archer Gibson)
Great Mr. Handel Now in the Films: Scenes from the English Technicolor Success, Courtesy of Midfilm, Inc.
Building Musicianship (interview with David and Clara Damrosch Mannes)
Rolling Her Way to Triumph: How a Girl with a Gift Arrived by the Wheel-Chair Route (interview with Ethelwynne Kingsbury)
Reaching Fame the Hard Way (interview with Jan Peerce)
Music Should be Fun for Children: How Music Parties Made Practicing a Joy
So You're Going to Play a Concerto! (interview with Reginald Stewart)
Technic of the Month—Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 05 (May 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Your Musical By-Product
Musical Twilight in Europe
Amazing, Little-Known American Musical Development (interview with Archer Gibson)
How to Improve the Enunciation of Choir Singers
May Day in Eisenach: A Little Visit to the Home of Bach
Million New Potential Music Students
Masters and Matrimony: When Wives Are Helpmates, and When They Are Not
Why Many Piano Pupils Never Pass the Fourth Grade
Porker Changes Musician's Career
How Taps Was First Blown
Purposeful Practice
Claudio Monteverdi—Father of the Opera
Joy in Early Violin Study (interview with Samuel Gardner)
Technic of the Month—Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 06 (June 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Where Airy Voices Lead
Untapped Reservoirs of Musical Treasures: The Secret of the Second Wind with Notable Citations for the Life of Antonio Stradivari
Music in the South American Way (interview with Xavier Cugat)
Music Launches the Henry Grady
Divide and Conquer
Counting Can Be Fun!
Ear Scenery: The Theory and Practice of Sound Effects
Rolled Chords
Let Phrasing Solve Your Difficulties: Musician or Woodpecker? Which are You?
United Nations Piano Recital
Let Us Sing in English! (interview with Florence Easton)
Simplifying the Approach to Harmony
Guitar and Its Traditions (interview with Andres Segovia)
Technic of the Month—Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 07 (July 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Music and Plant Morale
Jane, the Adult Beginner
How Music Helps the Salvation Army (interview with Evangeline Booth)
When the Great Day Comes: A Plan for a Peace Day Celebration (An Editorial)
Story of The American Debussy (Charles T. Griffes)
Passing of a Distinguished Editor and Musicologist
American Music for American Orchestras: A Renowned Conductor Tells What Kind of Music He Seeks from American Composers
Let Phrasing Solve Your Difficulties, Part 2
General Wanted a Wedding March
Master Lesson on a Fascinating Bach Prelude
Technic of the Month—Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 08 (August 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Mind's Ear
Why Music Study Is a Priceless Investment
Keep Jazz Within Its Limits! (interview with Paul Whiteman)
Greatest Show On Earth Grew Out of Music (interview with Mrs. Charles Ringling)
Vital Use of Drudgery
Building Character Through Music
Music in the Chinese Theater
Coöperative Pupil's Recital Plan Which Succeeded
Protect your Precious Musical Instruments
If Parents Had Had Their Way
Musical Ideas Come First
Practice With Your Brains!
Technic of the Month—Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 09 (September 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Dependable Technic
Basic Beethoven: Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Remarkable Biography Still the Most Consulted Book In Its Class
Philosophy of Musicianship (interview with Fritz Kreisler)
Music in War Torn Normandy
Selecting Music to Fit the Hall: Should Music Designed for a Small Room Be Played in a Great Auditorium?
Aloha Oe and Its Famous Composer: How Hawaii's Queen Wrote One of the Most Popular of All Songs
Musician's Bible: Bach's Well-tempered Clavichord and What It Has Meant to Musical Art
How Can I Raise My Income: A Nation-Wide Symposium with Contributions from Practical American Teachers
It Came in a Dream: Great Creators Find Inspiration in the Subconscious
Great Advantage of Music Study for Children
Technic of the Month—Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 62, Number 10 (October 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Music of the Spheres
Beware of Discordant Voices
Music American Doughboys Hear in India
Compleat Musical Home: What Your Household Must Have to Secure Ideal Musical Results
Fifty Years of Settlement Music: Important Anniversary of the Creation of a Valuable Movement
Childhood and Youth of Edvard Grieg: A Musical Playlet for Young Folks
The Winnah
Physical Coördination in Singing (interview with Maria Kurenko)
Creating a Durable Musical Memory
Musical Fathers and Sons
Technic of the Month—Finale, from Rhapsodie Hongroise, No. 6, by Franz Liszt
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Volume 62, Number 11 (November 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Blessings at Thanksgiving
Does Practice Make Perfect?
What Is the Purpose of Music Study? (interview with Josef Hofmann)
Punctuation Enhances Musical Beauty: A Plea for Better Punctuation in Music, a Most Vital Part of Phrasing Often Disregarded by Young Piano Students
Theodore Presser as a Teacher
Masterpieces in the Jungle: The Saga of USO-Camp Show Unit 264
Meet Destiny With Your Head Up!
Curing the Mistake Habit: How to Help the Child to Help Himself in Weeding His Musical Garden
How to Plan Programs That Succeed: Judgment and Experience Bring Lasting Results
Get Your Vowels Right!
Setting Industry to Music
Modern Renaissance of the Organ (interview with E. Power Biggs)
Style and Interpretation
Modern Percussionist
Christian Sinding in America
Are Two Pianos an Advantage in the Studio?
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Volume 62, Number 12 (December 1944)
James Francis Cooke
Dawn on the Horizon
Fresh Winds Will Blow Again: A Discussion of Music and Meteorology: A Physician Tells How the Weather Gets on Composers’ Nerves
Ladder to Virtuosity (interview with Mischa Elman)
Quiz to Test Your Musical Knowledge
How to Rehearse (interview with Donald Voorhees)
Edgar Stillman Kelley Passes
If Parents Had Had Their Way
Music as a Living, Human Element
New York's First Opera
What Nazism Has Done to German Song: What Happens to the Tunes When Hitler Provides the Words
Voice Training Through Emotions (interview with John Seaman Garns)
Immortal Pat: America's Super-Salesman of Music
Katherine Ruth Heyman—A Tribute
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Volume 61, Number 01 (January 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Music, The Humanizer
Coming to the Front
Make Haste Slowly (interview with Helen Traubel)
Interesting Parents in Piano Recitals
Key Markers
New Opportunities for Ambitious Music Students (interview with Thurlow Lieurance)
How Vitamins Can Help Musicians
Foundation of a Modern Piano Technic: A Discussion of Grading, Touch, and Tone
Amusing Musical Episode
Whistling As an Art
New Approach to the Cross-Rhythm Problem
Let's Have More Music on All Fronts
You Must Go to Work (interview with James Melton)
Mexican Musical Folklore
How Public School Music Helps the Private Teacher
How to Increase Your Practice Endurance One Hundred Percent
Topsy-Turvey Test: Test Your Knowledge of the Rules of Harmony True and False Statements
Is the Piece Too Long? Try the Shorter Piece for Progress
Animals in Musical Scores
Technic of the Month—Techhistories for Boys and Girls
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Volume 61, Number 02 (February 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Hail to the Viola!
Who Should Have a Singing Career? (Interview with Nelson Eddy)
Private Teacher and Public School Team Work
How Vitamins Can Help Musicians
Do You Want to Conduct? (Interview with Alfred Wallenstein)
How A-440 Became the Standard Pitch
Switzerland’s Musical Position in the World War: The Important Mission Assumed by That Country under the Present Circumstances in Europe
Foundation Exercises for Scale Playing: Essential Drill for Rapid Musical Progress
Mexican Musical Folklore, Part 2
Uncle Sam Wants Singing Centers Everywhere
Organ Music Nobody Knows
Karl Merz Music Hall: A Notable Tribute to a Great Musician
Importance of Music in Wartime Industry: Music That Makes Work a Joy
Secret of Public Reaction (Interview with Gracie Fields)
Multi-Shift Accordion (Interview with Pietro Deiro)
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Volume 61, Number 03 (March 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Declaration of Interdependence
Democracy in Music
Prima Donna's Amazing Fight Back to Health and Success: Faith and Music Can Work Miracles (interview with Marjorie Lawrence)
Don't Neglect the Hymns!
How of Creative Composition (interview with Mrs. H.H.A. Beach)
Foundation Principles in Octave Playing
Twenty Years of Accompanying (interview with Stuart Ross)
Basis for Good Singing (interview the Jennie Tourel)
Sport of Music: Millions of People Look Upon Music as the Greatest Game in the World
Nazi Perversion of the Ideals of the Great German Masters
Training the Hands for Piano Playing
Music an Industrial Asset
Doctor as Musician
Bugle Call of Polish Liberty: Chopin's Military Polonaise
Technic of the Month—Techhistories for Boys and Girls
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Volume 61, Number 04 (April 1943)
James Francis Cooke
At the Rising of the Sun
Musical Community Plan Which Works
Portal of Musical Dreams: A Message to All Teachers and Pupils from One of the World's Greatest Masters of the Piano
Holding the interest of Pupils
Died in Action: Requiescat in Pace Saxophone
Backstage with the Orchestrator (interview with Russell Bennett)
Class Piano Instruction in 1943: How Subtle Management and Informal Encouragement Produce Results
Problem of the Young Singer in Opera (interview with Fritz Busch)
O Canada, Glorious and Free! Canada's Most Loved Patriotic Songs
Handling the Meddlesome Mother
Important Elements in the Foundation of Touch: Tone Color Controlled at the Keyboard
Does Your Child Want to Study Music?
Indian Music in Ancient Ecuador
Technic of the Month—Techhistories for Boys and Girls
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Volume 61, Number 05 (May 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Passing of a Giant
Place of the Little Symphony
Music and the Municipality (interview with Fiorello H. La Guardia)
Have Fun with Music! (interview with Kent Cooper)
Three Main Touches
Hymn That Was Found in a Bottle
Freedom in Singing (interview with Lily Djanel)
Among the Composers
What the Nazi Vandals Did to Tscdhaikowsky's Home
Tension Relieving Music at the Front
Memorizing Is Easy: That is, If You Know How
Beethoven as a Deaf Musician Sees Him
How to Develop an Arpeggio Technic
Music Studio Goes Patriotic
Technic of the Month—Techhistories for Boys and Girls
Important Elements in the Foundation of Touch: The Value of Rotary Motion
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Volume 61, Number 06 (June 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Just for the Thrill of It
Wartime Piano Conservation: How to Take Care of Your Instrument for the Duration (interview with Theodore E. Steinway)
What Music Means to Mrs. Miniver (interview with Jan Struther)
Steps to a Vocal Technic
Concert Pianist on the Production Line: From Baby Grands to Bombers
America Made Me a Success (interview with Emanuel List)
Roads to Effective Piano Playing
March to The Stars and Stripes Forever: A Successful Uncle Sam Drill for Boys and Girls
Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg
Technic of the Month—When Spring Climbs the Mountains, Op. 42, No. 6, by Robert Franz
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Volume 61, Number 07 (July 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Words and Music
Etude Music Lover's Bookshelf
Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 2
Music Gave Me a Career (interview with Deanna Durbin)
New Era for American Composers (interview with Deems Taylor)
Artistic Possibilities of Good Jazz (interview with Raymond Scott)
Key Lines for Hand Position
Importance of Good Keyboard Action
Scale Contest That Worked
Left-Handed Musicians
How I Worked It Out
Why Not Better Violinists?
Those Puzzling Fifths
Problems in Choral Singing (interview with Albert Stoessel)
Shostakovich Talks on War and Music
Arousing Interest Through Color
Americans All!
Recital Preparation
Our Songs Embody Our National Morale Strength
One Piece Learned Perfectly
Singing Off Key
Musical Wartime Needs: How to Organize Your Home Community for Hearthside Music Appreciation Nights
Thrill of the Bagpipes
Technic of the Month—Just Before Dawn, Op. 28, No. 2, by Robert Franz
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Volume 61, Number 08 (August 1943)
James Francis Cooke
On the Wings of Joy
Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 3
Innocent Merriment with Music (interview with Franklin P. Adams)
Musical Oddities—Bells
Let Your Studio Help You Teach
Spirit of the Spirituals: Religion and Music a Solution of the Race Problem: A New Aspect of Negro Music
Ruby Elzy
Flying on the Wings of Music
Smallest Finger
Saga of the Westminster Choir (interview with John Finley Williamson)
Discovering the Soft Pedal: The Real Significance of Una Corda and Con Sordino
Making the Most of a Few Minutes
Choice of a Teacher
What the Accompanist Ought to Know
Story of the Elementary School Orchestra: Initial Steps in a Vast Musical Movement in America
Beethoven Helps Build American Bombers: Amazing Results in the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Plant Show Dramatically the Value of Music in Modern Industry
Technic of the Month—Loneliness, Op. 5, No. 5 by Robert Franz
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Volume 61, Number 09 (September 1943)
James Francis Cooke
When Walt Whitman was a Music Critic
How to Become a Better Pianist (interview with Jan Smeterlin)
Opera for the Millions: An Analysis of the Popularity of Opera (interview with Milton J. Cross)
Use the Mirror in Voice Study
Claude Debussy, French Patriot
Musicians in Khaki: A Vision of Victory in Music Thrills Britain's Armies: The Amazing Story of Symphony Orchestras Made Up of Officers and Men
Among the Composers
Fundamentals of Good Breathing
Natural Power in Piano Playing
Roses and Thorns in the Path of Private Teaching
Grieg—Nationalist and Cosmopolitan: Personal Recollections of Edvard Grieg, Part 4
Three T's: Technique—Tradition—Typing the Artist (interview with Erich Leinsdorf)
Why Don't You Like Modern Music?
Music of Iceland
Technic of the Month—Minuet in E-flat Major by W.A. Mozart
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Volume 61, Number 10 (October 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Sixty Years Young
Boccherini of the Minuet: Italian Composer Born Two Hundred Years Ago (February 19, 1743), was the Correlli of the Violoncello
Eighty Years of Musical Triumph (interview with Moriz Rosenthal)
Contact with Parents
Profitable Vocal Study (interview with Lily Pons)
Bow Troubles of Violin Students
Mr. Jefferson—Musician: Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Our Great American Statesman Brings New Facts About His Musical Life
Music in the Streets of Cathay
Missed Lessons
Music Teachers! The Hour of Opportunity Is Here!: Practical Ways to Increase Your Income by Taking Advantage of Amazing New Conditions
Since Singing Is So Good a Thing: Was Sir William Byrd the Greatest Musician of His Time?
Healing Children with Music: Occupational Therapy with Musical Instruments Works Seeming Miracles with Youngsters
Fauré and Faure: Where an Accent Makes Much Difference
Technic of the Month—Prelude in C Major, Op. 28
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Volume 61, Number 11 (November 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Symphonies of Smiles
Musician and the Common Cold: How Famous Artists Have Fought the Most Common Malady
Color in Singing
Bull Market in Pianos
Importance of Piano Posture
Avoiding Stilted Diction
Don't Be a Sound Post Jiggler
Opportunities for the American Composer (interview with Charles Wakefield Cadman)
Original Don Cossacks and the Music of the Don (interview with Serge Jaroff)
Fighting Man and His Music
So You Want to Try Hollywood? (interview with George Lessner)
Child Who Hates Music
Music and the Battle of Life: Why Music Gives Us Courage
Technic of the Month—Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
Bruckner's Advice
Ten Tips for Beginning Organists
Notographs of Wagner Operas
Making the Organ Talk
Blending the Registers
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Volume 61, Number 12 (December 1943)
James Francis Cooke
Christmas Canticle (Poem)
Piano When Peace Comes (interview with Lucien Wulsin)
Hints for the Young Violinist (interview with Carroll Glenn)
Turning the Searchlight on Musical Harmonies
Music and the Americas of Tomorrow (interview with James Rowland Angell)
Jitterbugs of Yesteryear: Dancing Madness through the Ages
Save Your Old Etudes: They are Valuable
Carols at Christmas
Music and War Manpower
Story of Beethoven's Adelaide
Don't Wreck—Build: How Destructive Criticism May be Turned into Profitable Criticism
Singing with Philosophy (interview with Igor Gorin)
Process of Weight Release in Piano Playing
Modern Ballet and Its Music
Technic of the Month—Prelude in B major, No. 11, by Frédéric Chopin
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Volume 60, Number 01 (January 1942)
James Francis Cooke
She Delivers the Goods
Friendship and the New Year: Delightful Musical Notographs
Music Through the Year
What Music Means to Helen Keller
How Many Music Teachers Have We?
Metronome Accents
Building Vocal Surety (interview with Stella Roman)
Stage Fright Need Not Be a Bogie! (interview with Louis E. Bisch)
Fortunes in Melody: The Composer Comes Out of the Attic—If You Hit it Right the World is Yours
Busy Piano Teacher's Multum in Parvo
Position of Teacher
Minute Check-ups
Amusing Musical Episodes
Everlasting Fifths: A Matter of Notable Interest to Musicians
Music: A Life Ideal in War-torn Russia
Roger Giles, Surgin, Also Dealt in Music!: But Spelling was Not His Strong Point
Violin
How Good Violins and Bows Are Ruined
Succeed with the Adult Beginner: How the Teacher May Expand the Clientele and Increase Income
Yugoslavia's Picturesque Music: The Song of the Guslar
Technic of the Month—Singing Octaves: To be Used with Czerny, Opus 35, No. 37
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Volume 60, Number 02 (February 1942)
James Francis Cooke
On the American Plan
Why They Succeeded
They Fiddle for Fun
Adventures in Music (interview with Ethel Barrymore)
Forward March with Music—Symposium
How to Improve Vocal Culture (interview with Kerstin Thorborg)
Marimbas to the Front
Amusing Musical Episodes
Intimate Visit to the Home of Ignace Jan Paderewski
Making Musicians in the Schools
Music: a Life Ideal in War-torn Russia
How to Transpose and Modulate
Fascinating Art of Practicing
Technic of the Month—Repeated Chords with Arpeggios (to be used with Czerny, Opus 335, No. 40)
Stolz Repudiates Hitlerism
What the Great Masters Thought of the Mandolin and Guitar
Birth of Sweet Adeline
Schubert's Impromptu, Op. 142, No. 2
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Volume 60, Number 03 (March 1942)
James Francis Cooke
Proud to Be a Go-Between
Forward March with Music!
Highlights in the Art of Teaching the Piano
Practical Steps Toward Better Singing (interview with Emma Otero)
Dedicated to _______
How I Became an Opera Conductor (interview with Edwin McArthur)
Returning to Vocal Fundamentals
Cultural Value of Magazines in America: The Report of an Exhaustic Scientific Survey Conducted by Purdue University and Directed by Dr. H.H. Remmers and Dr. W.A. Kerr
Recognition for the Composer
Dear Harp of My Country: Tom Moore the Irish Minstrel
Have You a Song in Your Heart?
Outstanding Achievements of Negro Composers
Try It in Your Community
Technic of the Month—Double Not Staccato (Czerny, Op. 335, No. 42)
Ferdinando Carulli, 1770-1841