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Volume 09, Number 03 (March 1891), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Sanctity of Music,

How Beethoven Played His Sonata, Op. 14, No.2

Freedom of Expression

At the Beginning

Hints to Young Music Teachers

Humor in Instrumental Music

Musical Growth in Pupils

Possibilities in Piano-Playing

Correcting Bad Habits

Two Ways

Confidence in Pupils

Amateur Music Teachers

Classical Music—What is it?

Music Teacher Described

Power of Music Upon Uncultured Listeners

Musings on Class Teaching

Objective Study

New Way of Scale Teaching

What a Music Pupil Should Study

Old Teacher's Opinion

Place of Music in a Liberal Education

Practical Uses of the Metronome

Musician vs. Player

Pluck and Policy in the Music Teacher

Accuracy …

Volume 09, Number 02 (February 1891), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

System in Piano Practice

First Lessons on Real Music

Pianoforte Teaching

Muscular or Musical Training?

Two Extremes

What Use Shall Beginners Make of Their Eyes

Place of Music in Liberal Education

Cultivating the Imagination

Musings on Class-Teaching

Superficial Teachers

Cultivation of Feeling

Difficulties

Musical Affinity

First Lessons

Stimulus of Melody Study

Veteran Publisher Gone

More About the Pedal

Extempore Playing

Use of the Word Technique

Volume 09, Number 12 (December 1891), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Types in the Concert Room

Corrections in Touch and Technic, Part II. Scales

Classic Music

Musical Sociables

Jottings from a Teacher's Mental Note Book

Music in Its Relation to Intellectual Life

Music in Boarding-Schools

Genius and Labor

Theory of Music Explained for Piano-Forte Players, Part 2

No Talent

How Parents Can Help Piano Teachers

Selecting According to Capabilities

Training of Music Teachers

Playing By Ear

Music Lessons from the Pupils' Standpoint

Scherzos

How to Learn a Piece

Good Music Needs Study

How to Command Success

Habit of Accuracy a Necessity

Don'ts

About the Less-Talented Pupils

How to Study Bach

Misapprehension …

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 08, Number 11 (November 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

First Lessons for Young Children

Liberation of the Ring-Finger

Janko Keyboard

Field of Music

On the Desirability of Bach Study

Three Requisites for Teaching

Dr. Holmes on Music

Problems of Music Teaching

Exhortation to Students of Music

Teachers and Teaching

First Lessons to Children

How Much Time is Needed for a Pianoforte Lesson?

Volume 08, Number 10 (October 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Developing Musical Imagination

Expression vs. Technic

Musical Clubs

Musical Societies

Program for the First Year of the Musical Society, of Schenectady, N.Y.

Special Pieces for Special Purposes

Mental Reading of Music

Musical Clubs: Their Importance

International Episode

Worthy of Comment

Volume 08, Number 09 (September 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Advantages and Disadvantages of Musical Study Abroad

Music Study in America vs. Germany

What Shall We Play?

Musical Thinking and Doing

Influence of School Music on Piano Pupils

Music for the Masses

Value of Pupils' Musicales in Cultivating Confidence

Value of Pupils' Recitals

Pupils' Musicales

Letter from a Progressive Teacher

L'Arpa

Cost of Studying Abroad

Volume 08, Number 08 (August 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Shall We Play?

Musical Thinking and Doing

New Publications

Genius

Lesson on La Scintillata

Music Teaching

What Pupils Ought Not to Do

Volume 08, Number 07 (July 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Importance of Summer Reading for Musicians During Vacation

Audiences from the Standpoint of the Pianist

Shall We Study at Home or Abroad?

Where to Study Music

Amateur and Professional Music Teachers

Closed Eyes

Is Half an Hour Sufficient for a Private Lesson?

Genius, Chapter 2

Method of Study

Concerning Summer Schools

Mental Means to Mechanical Ends in Pianoforte Playing

Pianoforte Tone-Production

Modern Pianters

What Was the Musical Accent

Expect Better Playing

Volume 08, Number 06 (June 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

In Memory of Karl Merz

Dr. Eugene Thayer, A Reminiscence

Something for Piano Teachers

Genius

Programme-Making

To Prospective A.C.M. Candidates

Personality of Musicians

Have a Purpose

Volume 08, Number 05 (May 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Jerusalem

Who Can Study Music with a Hope of Success?

Movements of Nerves and Muscles in Playing a Piece of Music

On Thorough Study

Thoughts on Piano Playing

One-Sided Specialism in Pianoforte Playing

Commissions to Teachers Once More

Chats on Technical Subjects

How Can the Individuality of the Musical Profession Be Raised to a Higher Level?

Raif Club in New York

To the Earnest Student and Player of the Pianoforte

Electro-Clavier

Sixth Programme from Anton Rubinstein's Cyclus of Seven Piano Recitals, with Biographical and Critical Sketch

Volume 08, Number 04 (April 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Appeal to the Musical People of America in Behalf of the Music Teachers' National Association Orchestral and Choral Concert Fund

Respect Due to the Musical Profession

Ring-Finger

Why Should Children Study Music?

Purity and Impurity

Practical Lesson in Time to Beginners

Class Organizations

Unbalanced Rhythms

Volume 08, Number 03 (March 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Electro-Clavier

Incompetency

Respect Due to the Musical Profession

How to Treat Backward Pupils

Mr. Virgil's Foundation Exercises

Put Your Heart in Your Music

Usefulness of Transposition of Daily Exercises

Chats with Music Students, or Talks About Music and Musical Life

Volume 08, Number 02 (February 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Things Worth Teaching

How to Start Beginners

Valuable Exercise on the Virgil Practice Clavier

Observations on the Study of the Pianoforte

Few Thoughts for Pianoforte Teachers

Social Standing of Artists

Study of the Piano

Coming Piano

Confidence in Playing Before Others

Successful Teacher

D'Albert Talks

Stray Leaves

Revolution in Waltzing

On Touch

A.B. Parsons on Principles of Expression Applied to the Pianoforte

Metronome

Cultivation of Musical Memory

Do State Music Teachers' Associations Weaken the M.T.N.A.

Hundred Years of Music in America

Jerusalem

Karl Merz is Dead

On the Conscious Control of the Muscles for Piano Playing

Serious Thoughts for Students

Volume 08, Number 12 (December 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Types in the Concert Room

Corrections in Touch and Technic, Part II. Scales

Classic Music

Musical Sociables

Jottings from a Teacher's Mental Note Book

Music in Its Relation to Intellectual Life

Music in Boarding-Schools

Genius and Labor

Theory of Music Explained for Piano-Forte Players, Part 2

No Talent

How Parents Can Help Piano Teachers

Selecting According to Capabilities

Training of Music Teachers

Playing By Ear

Music Lessons from the Pupils' Standpoint

Scherzos

How to Learn a Piece

Good Music Needs Study

How to Command Success

Habit of Accuracy a Necessity

Don'ts

About the Less-Talented Pupils

How to Study Bach

Misapprehension …

Volume 08, Number 01 (January 1890), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Liberation of the Ring Finger

Misuse of Music

Principles of Pianoforte Playing

Gustav Lange

How Shall We Increase the Respect of Educated Men for Music and Musician

Tottering Arm

Nerve Control

Artistic Development

Concerts and Lessons by Phonograph

New Standpoint of Artists

Objective and Subjective Interpretation

Rules for Major Keys

Frequency of Lessons

Volume 07, Number 11 (November 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Dr. William Mason

Worth Repeating

Music to be Beautiful Must be Scientific

Counterpoint—Beethoven's Idea

New Course of Piano Instruction

Krause's Studies in Measure and Rhythm

Musical Prodigies

Thought Versus Emotion

Depressed Knuckle-Joint Piano Practice

Artistic Uses of the Practice Clavier

Talent—Pianistic Talent

Touch and Technic

Technique

Education

Chopin's Method of Teaching

Bidwell Pocket Hand Exerciser

Wanted: A Good Instruction-Book for Beginners

Emotional Character of the Different Keys

Volume 07, Number 10 (October 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Louis Maas

Adolf Henselt

On the Use of the Pedal

Pure Legato

Ring Finger Operations

Touch and Technic

Hungarian Rhapsodies

Problem

Aesthetic and Didactic Criticism on Rubato

Patience and Perseverance

How to Make an Aeolian Harp

Principal Forms of Piano Music

Mr. Parsons' MTNA Resolutions

Proposed Systematization of Piano-Forte Instruction

Volume 07, Number 09 (September 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Nieck's Life of Chopin

Broad Culture

Liszt's Works and Their Effects

Word for Compulsory Music-Study

Ms. Beethoven Concert

Woman as Composer, Performer and Teachers

Is Music Aristocratic?

Analogies of Tone and Form

Organization versus Study

Music Teacher

Graded Course for Cabinet Organ

How Liszt Gave Lessons

Touch and Technic

Pianoforte Instruction

Sensible Talk About Opera

Volume 07, Number 08 (August 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Brief Hints at Odd Times

Teaching As It Is and As It May Be

Mason's Touch and Technic

Wm. H. Sherwood on Improved Methods of Pianoforte Teaching

Constantin Sternberg's Essay

On Teaching and Teaching Reforms

Volume 07, Number 07 (July 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Eugene Thayer

Brief Hints at Odd Times

Clara E. Thoms Closes the New York State Convention with a Brilliant Piano Recital

Drift of Modern Piano Teaching

Old Proverbs

Chopin and Other Musical Essays

Sources of Skill in Musical Performance

Philosophy of the Beautiful

On Teaching and Teaching Reforms

Volume 07, Number 06 (June 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Karl Merz

How Some Girls Study Music

Too Much Concerto

Place of Arm Motions in Elementary Piano Playing

Philosophy of the Beautiful

Oscar Raif's Method

What to Study in Piano Playing

Brief Hints at Odd Times

Song-Accompaniments

Wilson G. Smith's Piano Compositions

Adjectives in Music: Pretty, Nice, Just Lovely, Etc.

Class Teaching Once More

Volume 07, Number 05 (May 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Programme Music

Dr. Hans v. Bulow in Philadelphia

Brief Hints at Odd Times

New Musical Literature

Characteristics of the Modern Sonata

Should Americans Send Their Young People Here to Study Music? Are Not the Extra Facilities Counterbalanced by the Moral Risk?

Musical Literature

Convictions the Result of Investigation

Class Teaching

Which is the Best Piano?

Interesting Talk with von Bülow

Few Thoughts on Practicing

What to Study

Art of Studying

Volume 07, Number 04 (April 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Edward Baxter Perry

Attempting Too Much

Cheerfulness

Some Musical Don'ts

Two Kinds of Piano Playing—Subjective and Objective

Teacher's Equipment

Musical Alternations

Unity in Variety for Musicians

Die Lorelei

Musical Literature

The Profession and the Public

Volume 07, Number 03 (March 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Leading Thoughts

Shall We Have Sentiment?

Crabbed Criticisms from the Old World

Some Requisites of True Teaching of Piano Playing

Contemporary Pianoforte Compositions

German and American Students Contrasted

Quicksilver Music Pupils

Sentimental Pianists

Cultivation of Musical Memory

On the Ring Finger Questions

Volume 07, Number 02 (February 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Individuality in Pupils

Herr Moriz Rosenthal, Pianist

Traumeri

Course of Study for the Pianoforte

Current Phases of Piano Teaching

Leading Thoughts

Fingering in History

Estimation of the Musical Profession by College Presidents

Certain Educational Aspects of Technical Development

Reforms in Music Teaching

Volume 07, Number 12 (December 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Careless Pupils

Unworthy Teachers

Piano in the Progress of Music

Musicians' Hands

Criticism of Pupils

Requirements of Modern Piano-Forte Teaching

Talent for Teaching

How to Listen

To Young Teachers

Worth Repeating

Rubinstein's Piano-Playing

Power of Music

What Pupils Think of Their Teachers

Class Organizations

Volume 07, Number 01 (January 1889), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

One-Sided Piano Teachers

Oliver Ditson

In the Teacher's Studio

Pernicious Sentiment

Tempo Rubato

Technicon in England

About Studying Music

Is the Piano a Doomed Instrument?

Current Phases of Piano Teaching

Purity of Tone in Piano Playing

Thought and Emotion in Piano Playing

Surgery for Pianoforte Players

Volume 06, Number 11 (November 1888), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Improvements Needed in Writing Music

Woman as a Musician

Melograph and Melotrope

American Composers—Attention!

Criticism Once More

Pianoforte Study

Rubinstein's Repertoire

To Young Students

American Students in Berlin

Graded List of Pianoforte Music

Grand Social Again

Emotion in Piano-Playing

Is the Study of Music Profitable?

How to Study

Square Versus Upright Pianos

Scientific Investigation Applied to the Anatomical Details Involved in Piano Playing

Volume 06, Number 10 (October 1888), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

How to Listen to Music

Musical Punctuation

Raif's Method

Incident

Songs Without Words

Fourth Finger Operation

Harmony as a Study

Grand Social

Art of Studying

Philosopher's Opinion of Music

Practical Letters to Teachers

Knowledge of the Relation of Physiology and Anatomy to Piano Playing

Advice to Nervous Pianists

Sight-Reading

Franz Liszt's Mother