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Volume 69, Number 11 (November 1951), John Briggs
Volume 69, Number 11 (November 1951), John Briggs
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Fine Times Ahead for Music and Musicians
Pupils Talk it Over
Singing Voice—Speaking Voice
All Music Reading is Sight Reading
It's Time to Pay Tribute
Philosophy of Conducting (interview with Guido Cantelli)
School Music Teacher Speaks
Atonality Today Singer's Breath, Part 2
Musicians as Inventors
You Need More Than Talent!
Volume 68, Number 01 (January 1950), John Briggs
Volume 68, Number 01 (January 1950), John Briggs
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Social Implications of Piano Study: Leadership, Cooperation, Self-Confidence—These Benefits of Piano Training Make For a Well-Adjusted Personality
Ballet . . . A New Freedom
How to Choose a Violin
Don't Take Your Music Too Seriously (interview with Alec Templeton)
What is Your Vocal Problem?
Ninety We Lose: Children Aren't Little
Men and Women—Look at Piano Lessons from Their Point of View
Musician's Worst Enemy—The Common Cold
Voices Aren't Made . . . They Grow
What Music Teachers Forget to Teach
My First Big Opportunity (interview with Mario Lanza)
How to Play a Melody
Volume 18, Number 11 (November 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 18, Number 11 (November 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Slow Practice
Difference in Fractions
Teaching: Its Purpose and Its Influence upon Music at Large
Ideas for Teaching Children
True Basis of Teaching
Playing or Non-Playing Teachers
Mental Attitude of Teacher and Pupil
Letter to a Young Composer
Primary Teaching, Part 2
How to Begin the Study of Bach
Teacher's Fertility
Home-Circle Critics
Some Points of Success
Talking Lessons Not All
Rapid Memorization of Key Signatures
Art of Holding Pupils
Look up to Bach
Volume 18, Number 10 (October 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 18, Number 10 (October 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Common-Sense in Music
What is a Lesson Worth?
Restlessness and Repose
Personal Maganetism
Mission of the Studio
Mental and Muscular Activity
Old Beethoven Program
Music in American Colleges
University of Michigan
Princeton University
Smith College
Amherst College
Oberlin University
Adelph College
Reproduction of Orchestral Effects on the Pianoforte
Serious Purpose in Music Study
Push Forward
Rebinding Music Books
Absolute Pitch
Individuality in Teaching
Primary Teaching
What and the Why of the Choice of Music
Soft Pedal
Obscure Teaching Terms
Harmony—Yesterday and To-day
Volume 18, Number 06 (June 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 18, Number 06 (June 1900), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Music Teaching as a Business
Obstacles Melt Before Determination
Some Traits of Character Resulting from the Study of Music
How to Prevent a Piece Becoming Tiresome Before Learned
Does Music Pay?
Basis of Success in Music Teaching
Ages of Some Prominent Pianists
Two Characteristics of the Best Methods of Teaching Music
Schubert's Sayings
Child-Study: The Teacher's Privilege and Duty
Educational Value of Concerts
Procession of the Phantoms
Dialogue Concerning Freaks
Teacher's Equipment
Mlle. Chaminade on Piano-Playing
Musical Busybodies
Advantages of House-to-House Teaching
Music Teachers Are Born, Not Made
Music as She is Spelt
First Age of a Musician
Developing Expression …
Volume 17, Number 03 (March 1899), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 17, Number 03 (March 1899), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Loving-Cup to Dr. Mason
What a Composition Means
Education and Its Demands Upon the Modern Teacher
People to Cultivate
Training of the Ear
Popularity of Vocal Over Instrumental Music
Common-Sense Chat
Good Teacher Versus Good Player
Transformation of a Genius from a Musician's Diary
Opposition to the Violin for Girls
How to Get People to Attend Pupils' Recitals
Teaching as a Specialty
Status of Music-Study in America
Rubinstein's Theory of Practice
Curved Thumb
How to Treat Pupils Who Have Previously Studied with Another Teacher (Symposium)
Matter of Temperament
On Special Editings and Annotations
Some Salient Points in Leschetitzky's Teaching
Concerts …
Volume 16, Number 10 (October 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 16, Number 10 (October 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Curious Musical Incidents
Overcoming Nervousness
Musical Library
Studio Experiences
How to Keep the Beginning Interested
Outposts of Music
Phase of Music Study in Paris
Kindly Feeling Among Musicians
Musician and the Man
Successful Teacher
Genius Among Students
How to Teach Time
Choosing a Musical Career
Pecularlities of the Piano
Ensemble Playing
How to Overcome So-Called Drudgery
Simple Repertoire
Utility of Music
Tone and Touch
Fragile Possession
Birth of Chopin's Funeral March
Training of the Ear
Fictitious Values
Paderewski on the Physical Side of Piano-Playing
On the Legato in Pianoforte-Playing
What the Mason System Has Done for Me
Raw Material
Technic …
Volume 16, Number 09 (September 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 16, Number 09 (September 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
John Comfort Fillmore (obit)
Frivolous Pupils
Scherzoso
Capacity for Teaching
Musical Taste
Why?
Minor Scales
Conservatory the Public School of Music
Twelve Business Maxims
New Teaching Season
How to Buy a Piano
Reading at Sight vs. Artistic Playihg
Mechanical Aids to Piano Study
Another Teaching Ability
Modernizing Classics
How to Understand Music
Parental Interference
Value and Practice of Advertising Among Professional Musicians
Pedalmania
Time Brings Changes
Teaching the First Piece
Anton Rubinstein
Rubinstein as I Knew Him
On Selecting a Teacher
Introspect
Principles of Musical Pedagogy
Self-Criticism
True Music Teachers vs. Pin-Money-Makers
Charlatanism in Music
Aimlessness Among Musicians
Inspiration
Song …
Volume 16, Number 08 (August 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 16, Number 08 (August 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Cultivate the Love of Nature
The Subjective Player
Music and Progressiveness
Rusting and Rusticity
Culture: A Suggestion for Summer
The Teacher Not Everything
Pioneer American Pianist: Gottschalk—His Work, Artistic Standing, and Financial Circumstances; A Statement as to His Poverty Corrected
Letter from Sousa
Value and Practice of Advertising Among Professional Musicians
Professional Courtesy
Environment as an Educational Factor
Encores
Individuality in Art
Teaching a Necessity
Present and Abiding Duty for the Music Teachers
Rhythm the Basis of Melody
Gladstone's Interest in Music
Prize Medal System
Two Schools of Organ Playing
How to Make Music Studios Attractive
Studio Experiences
Advantages for …
Volume 16, Number 04 (April 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 16, Number 04 (April 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Mendelssohn
Aptitude for Teaching
Musical Listender
My Pupils
From the Pedal, Deliver Us!
Train Both Hands
Puzzle in Musical History
Modern vs. Classical
Principles of Musical Pedagogy
Carl Koelling
Liberation of the Ring Finger
Stepping-Stones
Summer Teaching: An Experience
Stray Thoughts
Baneful Influence: The Pupil's Piano
Miscellaneous Program by American Composers
Drudgery Made Interesting
Advantages for Music Students in Various European Centers
Personal Apparel of the Music Teacher
How to Make Music Studios Attrative
Louis Köhler's Notes on Practicing
How to Win and Keep an Audience
Marvelous Memories
Music as a Profession vs. Musical Dilettantism
Mistakes Do Not Hurt
Choosing …
Volume 16, Number 02 (February 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 16, Number 02 (February 1898), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
How to Make a Living
American Student
Principles of Musical Pedagogy
Life of a Pianoforte—How to Preserve It
Musical Listener
Children and Music
Music Teacher Analyzed
Thumb
How a Composer Works
Stumbling Blocks
In My Easy Chair
Romantic Side of Bach
How to Work up Concerts in the Smaller Cities
Mental Technic: A Suggestion
Key-Character a Fallacy
Ear Training
Advantages for Music Students in Various European Centers
Pen Picture
Crime Against Art
Open Your Eyes
How to Maintain Pupils' Interest
Happy Medium
Old Italian Method
Study of Musical Literature
Listening Well
Professional Code
Volume 15, Number 10 (October 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 15, Number 10 (October 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
On the Virtues of India-Rubber: A Pupil's Plea
Piano and the Left Hand
Tale with a Moral
Women as Piano Tuners
You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can Not Make Him Drink
Greatest Dates in Music
Impositions on Musicians
Music Teacher and His Work
Piano and Pianist at the Summer Hotel
Feel Music: Think Music
Business Side of Music: About Piano Commissions, etc.
Pilgrim of Art
Development in Firmness of Rhythm
Would-Be Paderewski
Wasting a Pupil's Time
Brains and Music
Oddities of Great Musicians
Aphorisms of Art-Philosophy
Neglected Pianoforte Compositions
At the Musicale
I Have Finished my …
Volume 15, Number 09 (September 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 15, Number 09 (September 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Would-Be Paderewski
Music No Hindrance to Getting On
Some Don'ts for Students Who are Going to Germany to Study Music
Playing in Public
From Recent Programmes
Neglected Essential: Music and Languages
Self-Exaltation
Time Values
Flowers by the Wayside
Not Yourself, But Your Art
Four Stages of Student Life
Physical Exercises an Aid to Artistic Piano Playing
How a Pupil Rose to Success
Should Piano Students Attend Piano Recitals?
For the Student's Encouragement
Reading New Music
Extracts from Reinecke's Hints to Music Students
Materials and Workmanship
Ear Training
Study on Phrasing
Reed Organ as an Aid in Piano Instruction
Musical Listener …
Volume 15, Number 04 (April 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 15, Number 04 (April 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Modern Musical Definitions
Have I Talent?
Peculiarities of Popular Teachers
Mozart's Journey from Vienna to Prague: A Romance of His Private Life
Chat with Students on the Purpose of Study
Teachers Who Scold
How Do We Listen?
Ring-Finger
Hearing Colors
Musical Listener
Reading Course: Outline of Psychology
Leschetizky as a Teacher: Reminiscences of a Pupil
Keep Your Temper
Great Thoughts About the Hands
Dull Pupil
Concerning Practice and Other Points of Interest to Students
Calvé on American Musicians
Pianofore Study: Hints on Piano Playing
Volume 15, Number 01 (January 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
Volume 15, Number 01 (January 1897), Winton J. Baltzell
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Mr. Emil Liebling's Bach Course
Common Sense of Piano Teaching
Should Teachers Employ Collectors?
Souls or Stomachs, Which?
Singing the Counts
Music in its Relation to Health
Nervous Pupil
Boston as Musical Center for the Student
Cincinnati as a City for the Music Student
Talent and Intelligence Contrasted
What Method Do You Teach?
Should a Singing-Teacher Be Able to Sing?
One of Bob's Tramps: A Musical Tale
Talk About Some Early German Folk-Songs
High Prices Realized from Songs
Blasts from The Ram's Horn
Musical Listener
Wanted—A New System of Musical Notation
Better Understanding
That First Lesson
Mozart's Journey from Vienna …
Volume 13, Number 08 (August 1895), Theodore Presser
Volume 13, Number 08 (August 1895), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
How to Listen to Music
Mission of the Artist
What to Cultivate
Mendelssohn as a Teacher
Machine vs. Mind in Playing
Cultivation of the Ear
Infant Musical Prodigies
Rubinstein: The Man and the Musician
Music Teacher's Allies
False Ballances
How Shall I Interest My Pupils?
Origin of Old Folks at Home
Broad Consideration of Piano Playing
Take a Music Journal
From a New Standpoint
Liszt and Chopin
Volume 13, Number 07 (July 1895), Theodore Presser
Volume 13, Number 07 (July 1895), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
One Way to Abuse Classical Music
Music is not Music if it Has No Soul
Lessons in Listening
Musicians' Creed
Musical Prodigies
Neglected Branch of Piano Teaching
How to Succeed in Music Teaching
How to Reach the Pupil: Four R's
Rubinstein: The Man and the Musician
Lack of Public Sympathy for Musical Art
Self-Criticism, an Important Factor in Piano Study
Few More Don'ts
Study Essential
Personality in the Musical Life
Remedies Effected Through the Medium of Four-Hand Playing
Scherzo
Art of Teaching Children
Receptive, But Critical
Volume 13, Number 04 (April 1895), Theodore Presser
Volume 13, Number 04 (April 1895), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
New Note on the Piano
Reminiscence of Bülow
What Shall I Play?
Make Study Interesting
Value of an Artist's Testimonials
Fantasy
Practical Talk with Girls
Material for Music Classes
To Acquire Expression
Present Worth
Duties of Music Teacher, Pupil and Parent Toward Each Other
Wit, Wise and Otherwise
How to Teach Schumann to Children
Amateur Musical Society
What is Classical Music?
Music and Money
To Play or Not to Play: Musical Education that Would Make Study a Pleasure to Children
Fingers and Finger-Rings
Basis of Phrasing
Rhapsody
Volume 13, Number 01 (January 1895), Theodore Presser
Volume 13, Number 01 (January 1895), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Cause of Failure
Music Study and Society
Importance of Hearing Artists
Touch of Great Players
Three Classes of Pupils
Musicians and Music Lovers
Few Words About the Precursors of the Pianoforte
Justice in Music Teaching
Reputation
Concise Suggestions for Memorizing
Why of Scale Practice
Dont's for Young Singers
Music vs. Morality
How Much Shall I Charge for a Music Lesson?
William Mason on Piano Touch
Fault in Piano Playing
Musical Ear: Those Who Possess It and Those Who Don’t
One Way to Interest
Method of Practicing Exercises and Other Larger Works
Reviewing
Random Shots
How to Become an Artist
Mental …
Volume 12, Number 10 (October 1894), Theodore Presser
Volume 12, Number 10 (October 1894), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
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 …
Volume 10, Number 10 (October 1892), Theodore Presser
Volume 10, Number 10 (October 1892), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Musical Work in a Small Town
Methods of Playing and Teaching the Reed Organ
Humorous Utterances of Great Tone Poets
Points on the Pedals
Two Against Three
Cultivate the Hearing
Anton Rubinstein's Cyclus of Seven Piano Recitals
Teacher's Art
Courtesy Among Musicians
Neglected Subject
Many-Sided Musician
Piano Students and Harmony
On the Foolishness of Doing Useless Things
Mental Aspect of Teaching
Reflections for Students
How to Interest Pupils
Stammering Players
Volume 10, Number 05 (May 1892), Theodore Presser
Volume 10, Number 05 (May 1892), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Something About Expression
How Paderewski Plays (Poem)
On Teaching Time: Motion, Beats, Measure, and Counting
Ideas About Music Teachers
Paderewski's Playing
Choice of a Teacher
Why Good Pianists Are Scarce
Legato Touch in Foundational Piano Teaching
Interesting the Class
Conversation at a Lesson
Conversation on Music
Arranging a Programme
Hints to Novice Concert Players
Help Towards Understanding the Minor Mode
Some Helps for Teacher and Pupil
Ambition
Musical Environment
Historical Cycle of the Sonata
Success
Volume 10, Number 03 (March 1892), Theodore Presser
Volume 10, Number 03 (March 1892), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
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
Volume 09, Number 10 (October 1891), Theodore Presser
Volume 09, Number 10 (October 1891), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Music An Aid to Right Living
Royal Road in Pianoforte Study
Personal Appearance of the Teachers
Scale Practice
Trials and Tribulations
Development of Musical Taste and Judgment
Science of Music
Hint in Regard to Scale Practice
Piano Teaching in Its Elementary Stages
Albani's Advice
First Lessons to Children
To Aspiring Pianists and Composers
The Importance of Commencing a Musical Education Early in Life
Practicing Music in One's Active Life
What I Saw On My Vacation
Chapter on Velocity
Volume 09, Number 01 (January 1891), Theodore Presser
Volume 09, Number 01 (January 1891), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Awakening Interest in the Pupil
Place of Music in a Liberal Education
Problems of Music Teaching
To Which Class Do You Belong?
Muscular Training for the Pianist
Group Scale Playing
Shall the Teacher Play the Pupil's Pieces for Him—Power of Example—Danger of Being an Imitator
Rational Basis of Musical Expression
Trust Your Teacher
Thoughts of Eminent Educators on Teaching
Why Not!
Looking Backward at the Wisdom of the Ancients
Points
How to Acquire a Sympathetic Touch
Technic Means to an End
Poor Teacher's Doom
Reading the Phrasing at Sight
Are You Progressive?
Freedom of Execution as to Tempo
Passage Practice …
Volume 05, Number 08 (August 1887), Theodore Presser
Volume 05, Number 08 (August 1887), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Elementary Piano Instructions
How Much Shall I Practice?
Manumoneon
Expression in Piano-Playing
Wanted—A Better School of Musical Criticism
Volume 03, Number 09 (September 1885), Theodore Presser
Volume 03, Number 09 (September 1885), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
On Musical Education
Some Types of Piano Teachers
Our System of Technique
Liberating the Ring Finger
Complete List of Pieces, including Those Analysed, Arranged in Progressive Order as Regards Difficulty (from The Musician, Vol. I)
Imaginary Pilgrimage to Beethoven
Etude, Poem
Weak Finger
Abreast with the Times
Crowned Virtuoso
Schools of Piano Playing
Fantasy after Chopin
Shall the Teacher Select the Music?
Hammer, or Pressure Touch—Which?
Volume 02, Number 05 (May 1884), Theodore Presser
Volume 02, Number 05 (May 1884), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Chat with Pupils for Young Ladies
Eighth Annual Meeting of the Music Teachers of the United States
Musical Literature
Successes, Directions, Incentives, Developments
On First Sight Reading
Teachers' Department
Good Words for The Etude
Standard for the Musical Profession
How to Study—How to Teach
Literature of Music
Course in Harmony
Volume 02, Number 04 (April 1884), Theodore Presser
Volume 02, Number 04 (April 1884), Theodore Presser
The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957
Sheet Music Imposition
Chat with Pupils on the Nomenclature of Music
Musical Literature
One Hundred Aphorisms
Course in Harmony
Literature of Music
Musical Literature
Instance
Course in Harmony
Power of Attention
Talk about the Musical Profession
So-Called Instruction Books
True Ideal of Technical Training