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picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: August 1921
Desc: Articles include: "A momentous musical anniversary"; "The greatest thing in technic"; "Vocal masterpieces for the masses"; "Color effects in piano playing"; "Something new in music temperament and musical understanding"; "Putting expression in your piano playing". Music by Mendelssohn and others. Pp489-552.
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MG0727 Covers detached. Contents very good and clean. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1922
Desc: Articles include: "Would I take up music again?", "What makes piano playing interesting", "New paths and visions in musical progress (Richard Strauss)", "Little lessons from a master's workshop", "What the piano student could learn from the violin teacher", "The story of the turn", "Here and there in the field of music". Music by Grieg, Tschaikowsky and others. pp1-72.
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MG0725 Covers and centre pages detached. Contents very good and clean. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: March 1922
Desc: Music Club number. Articles include "The beginnings of American music"; "What the National Federation of Musical Clubs is doing."; "Beacon lights of Opera today and Yesterday"; "The story of American Musical Clubs"; "How to form a music club in your community"; "Are musicians born - not made ?"; "The gentle art of capturing audiences". Music by Tschaikowsky, Handel/Moszkowski, Rimsky-Korsakow, Brahms and others. pp 145-220.
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MG0723 Few small chips and tears, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.50, $7.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: May 1922
Desc: Articles include "Practical advice on mastering the 'cello (Pablo Casals)", "Many roads to artistic playing"; "Practical technic for the beginner"; "Promoting keyboard accuracy"; "Music and money"; "Little lessons from a master's workshop"; "Common musical matters in a new guise". Music from Schumann, Tschaikowsky, Mozart and others. pp 293-364.
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MG0187 Small chip from front cover. Centre pages (adverts) torn at staple. pp339-342 (music) missing. £3.25, $5.00
MG0722 Few small chips and tears, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.50, $7.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: August 1922
Desc: Articles include "What the modern chautauqua is doing for music of all kinds everywhere in out country"; "How to get the greatest results from practice"; "Some personal recollections of Hans von Bulow"; "Little lessons from a master's workshop"; "Secrets of the success of great musicians". Music by Rubinstein and others. pp 509-580.
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MG0893 Pages 553/4 (Music) missing, otherwise very good condition. £4.00, $5.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: October 1922
Desc: Articles include :The funniest experience I ever had in opera"; "Wagner in Parisian days"; "The human element in fine piano playing"; "Are American artists being denied a square deal in their own country ?"; "Some impressions of the music of India"; "What should I know to purchase a reliable piano ?"; "Turning the practice hour into play". Music by Schubert, Tschaikowsky and others. pp 653-724.
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MG0585 Some spotting and small holes in margin, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: February 1923
Desc: Articles include "Getting a start as a virtuoso"; "Turning old-fashioned musical traditions upside down"; "How Caruso practised daily"; "Making the first lesson exciting"; "What the young composer must know"; "Auto-suggestion for public performers"; "Musical aspects in the newest and the oldest world". Music by Rimsky-Korsakow and others. pp 73-144.
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MG0735 Very good condition. £4.50, $7.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: May 1923
Desc: Articles include "How I got rid of nervousness in public"; "Why do I make mistakes ? How can I correct them ?"; "Why do not more men take up music ?"; "On perfecting the fourth and fifth fingers"; "How American industries are utilizing music". Music by Grieg, Delibes and others. pp 289-360.
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MG0894 Centre pages (adverts) detached, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.00, $5.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: June 1923
Desc: Articles include "Music and Labor"; "Team work with pupils"; "Keeping at the front as hard as getting there"; "A study of the hand in piano playing"; "Common sense arpeggio study"; "Here comes the bride"; "Testing the musical intelligence of children in school". Music by Beethoven, Schubert and others. pp ?363-430.
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MG0210 Covers missing. Outer pages detached and tatty. £1.00, $1.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: August 1923
Desc: Articles include "Leaves from a virtuoso's notebook"; "The secret of Caruso's glorious voice"; "Musical Vistas (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford); "Artistic chord production"; "The cult of nonsense in music". Music by lesser names. pp 505-576.
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MG0586 Extremely good condition for age. £4.50, $7.00
MG0721 Few small chips and tears, otherwise good condition. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: September 1923
Desc: Articles include "Some vital points piano students miss"; "Is this the golden age of voice ? (Lucrezia Bori)"; "Securing the best results from piano study"; "Fingerings that help"; "Professional and artistic opportunities for the music supervisor". Music by Schubert, Foster and others. pp 577-648.
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MG0203 Split down spine, otherwise very good condition. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: November 1923
Desc: Articles include "Adults and piano study"; "How masterpieces are made"; "Basic principles in pianoforte playing part 2"; "Practical Ideas on the use of the damper pedal"; "More about American music publishers"; "Pictorial music of yesterday and today"; "New ideas in studying Chopin". Music by Verdi, Wagner and others. pp 737-808.
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MG0199 Front cover detached, with signature and small chunk missing. Otherwise very good condition. £3.25, $5.00
MG0895 Front cover detached, back cover missing. Clipping from page 789/90. £3.25, $4.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: December 1923
Desc: Articles include "Basic principles in pianoforte playing part 3"; "What the Metropolitan music critic looks for most"; "Should piano playing undergo a radical reform"; "How to avoid fumbling at the keyboard"; "The remarkable life of George Frideric Handel"; "Paderewski's Minuet in G". Music by Beethoven and others. pp 809-880.
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MG0204 Covers detached with some nicks and tears. pp843-6 (adverts ?) missing, otherwise very good. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1924
Desc: Articles include "The thresholds of vocal art"; "The humor of Richard Wagner"; "Necessary points in gaining control"; "What must I know to become a good accompanist"; "Basic principles in pianoforte playing part 4"; "Crossing the hands on the piano". Music by Schumann, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and others. pp 1-72.
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MG0208 Covers missing. Outer pages detached and tatty. pp35-38 (adverts ?) missing. £1.00, $1.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: May 1924
Desc: Articles include: "'Souvenirs' of famous musicians", "What is the purpose of music?", "Memory work and public performance", "The musical genius of the American Negro", "Making scale playing worth while". Music by Tschaikowsky and others. pp289-364.
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MG0087 Short tear on front cover, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: July 1924
Desc: Articles include "How a famous engineer studies a new composition"; "Artistic pedalling"; "Pianistic talent and race"; "A thousand years from now. Music in American in 2924"; "The music masters of modern Russia". Music by Tschaikowsky and others. pp 439-510.
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MG0207 Tear on spine. pp477-8 (music) missing, centre pages detached. £3.25, $5.00
MG0720 Few small chips and tears, otherwise very good condition for age. £4.50, $7.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: October 1924
Desc: Articles include "Recollections of Master Musicians and Master Pianists Whom I have known" (Mark Hambourg); "Pranks on Parnassus"; "From 'Wonderchild' to Diva"; "How to go about studying Bach's 'Well-Tempered Clavier' "; "How song may save the purity of the English Language"; "Schubert's 'My Dream' ". Music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann and others. pp 657-728.
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MG0383 Signed on cover and on two pages inside. Large tear on p683/4, otherwise good condition. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: November 1924
Desc: Articles include "Why is so much piano playing dull and uninteresting to listen to ?" (Mark Hambourg); "What chance has the adult beginner in music"; "Keyboard motions that insure better piano playing"; "What studies shall I use ?"; "How famous virtuosos hypnotize audiences"; "The power of music"; "Forgotten pages in the lives of masters" (Moschelles). Music by Rubinstein and others. pp 729-802.
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MG0587 Covers and centre pages detached, but contents complete and in good condition. £3.25, $5.00
MG0734 Very good condition. £4.50, $7.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1925
Desc: Articles include: "Errors that young pianists make", "The so-called 'soft' pedal", "Why make music hideous", "All about the trill", "What radio means to the music student", "Why is there so much bad time?", "A master lesson on Chant Polonaise No 1 in G by Chopin-Liszt". Music by Chopin-Liszt, Chopin, Rubinstein and others. pp1-70. Front cover with short tear, and scribbled on with red crayon. pp35-38 missing.
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MG0201 Front cover with short tear, covers scribbled on with red crayon. pp35-38 missing. Contents otherwise very good and clean. £2.50, $4.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: June 1925
Desc: Articles include "The master secret of a great teacher"; "The most important principle in piano practice"; "Reaching the boy through good music"; "Beautifying Octaves"; "Keyboard tricks of great virtuosi"; "What the music student should know about the minor scale"; "The practical employment of the metronome". Music by Brahms, Schubert and others. pp 385-454.
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MG0382 Cover with tear and split spine to lower staple. Pages 417-420 (adverts) missing, otherwise good condition for age. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: July 1925
Desc: Articles include "The era of great orchestral conductors in America"; "The everlasting fight for good music"; "What is thematic development ?"; "Another way to memorize"; "A help to acquire a brilliant technic"; "Can I learn to conduct ?"; "Protect your friends from this monstrous musical swindle". Music by Gluck and others. pp 385-454.
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MG0896 Pages 481-500 (all music) missing. Otherwise very good condition for age. £3.25, $4.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: August 1925
Desc: Articles include: Modern ideas in pianoforte technic; Mirth and music; Virtuosity versus musicianship; The American renaissance of Johann Sebastian Bach; Making plans for the coming musical season; A lesson on Schumann's 'Aufschwung'. Music by Schumann, Tschaikowsky and others. P527-598.
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MG0062 Small piece missing from front cover, which has some pencil writing and is partly detached. Contents generally very clean and complete. £3.25, $5.00
MG0186 Cover foxed, contents generally clean and in very good condition. £4.00, $6.25
MG0202 Small piece missing from p563/4 (adverts). Short tear on spine otherwise very good condition. £3.25, $5.00
MG0589 Covers detached, but contents complete and in good condition. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: September 1925
Desc: Articles include: "How to play an artistic accompaniment"; "Rebuilding a long-neglected piano technic"; "How music is saving thousands from permanent mental breakdown"; "The music of the spheres"; "Lights on piano touch and tone"; "Great orchestral masterpieces - Rimsky-Korsakoff's Scheherazade"; "A master lesson on Rubinstein's 'Kamennoi-Ostrow', OP 10, No 22 ". Music by Rubinstein, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakow and others. pp599-678.
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MG0933 Covers detached, otherwise good condition. £3.00, $4.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: November 1925
Desc: Articles include "An Italian aspect of the art of pianoforte playing"; "Digging and plodding in music"; "Amateur composers"; "How to organize a community chorus" (Arthur Nevin); "The most important element in piano technic"; "What are passing notes, melodic dissonances and accessory notes ?"; "The fallacy of counting out loud". Music by Beethoven and others. pp 755-830.
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MG0214 Front cover detached, few small tears otherwise very good condition. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1926
Desc: Theodor Presser Tribute Issue. Articles include: How to teach the major and minor scales; Some aspects of America's advance in the Musical art; A character study of Theodor Presser the Man; What part had Modernism in present day piano study?; Practical fingering Illustrate or individual needs; New Ideas on study and practice (Percy Grainger). Music by Handel, Bach, Schumann. P1-88.
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MG0052 Front cover detached with small section missing. Back cover missing. Centre pages and clipping from P42 missing (music). £2.25, $3.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: July 1926
Desc: Articles include "Why the world needs music";"Beethoven's Piano Sonatas and how to play them, part 3, Op 13 (pathetic)"; "Great men and the power of Music"; "Fascinating journeys in Music Land"; "The education of the average student in Music"; "Romanticism in Music"; "Self-help in music study". Music by lesser names. pp 481-552.
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MG0197 Covers missing, front page browned, torn and nearly detached. £1.00, $1.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: October 1926
Desc: Featuring a cover portrait of 'Beethoven discovering his deafness'. Articles include: "Don't ! An article for budding professionals" (Cyril Scott); "Music that endures"; "Solving rhythmical riddles"; "Can I develop absolute pitch ?"; "The marvel of the human voice"; "Fascinating journeys in music land"; "Practical lessons in hand culture"; "Queer notation"; "The drum major"; "A master lesson upon Beethoven's sonata pathetique". Music by Beethoven, Liszt and others. pp 707-794.
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MG0931 Chunk missing from bottom margin of cover. Short tears. Pages 727/8 detached. £3.00, $4.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1927
Desc: Articles include Music and the State; Giving vitality to a phrase; Practical acoustics for Musicians; Eight ways of making one's playing Musicianly; Robert Schumann by Felix Borowski; Beethoven's piano sonatas and how to teach them; How Music theory helps music lovers; Musical memory insurance; Alice in Orchestralia. Music by Beethoven. and others P1-84.
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MG0048 Front page detached, with pencil writing. Small clipping from p17/18. £3.00, $4.75
MG0193 Short tear on spine, otherwise very good condition. £3.50, $5.50
MG0930 Very good condition. £4.00, $6.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: January 1928
Desc: Articles include: "Self study in the art of music", "Why every child should have a musical education", "Beethoven's life tragedy", "The romance of music in Palestine", "The power that reaches the goal of musical success", "An American genius of world renown: Mrs. H H A Beach". Music by Haydn and others. pp1-84.
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MG0417 Stain on p73/4, otherwise very good condition. £3.50, $5.50
MG0559 Centre pages detached, otherwise very good condition. £3.50, $5.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: February 1928
Desc: Articles include; Czerny the Indispensible; The magic of Melody (Poldini); Wagner the eternal; The romance of a pioneer prima donna; Musicians take care of your ears; Finishing touches in piano playing. Music from Beethoven and others. P85-168.
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MG0047 Centre pages detached, otherwise very good condition. £3.50, $5.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: March 1928
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Featuring a full page reproduction of an etching by Nairn Bauer of Franz Schubert. Articles include 'Taking up Music in Later Life', 'The training of a Virtuoso', 'Fairies in Music', 'Edward Grieg', 'How Rimsky-Korsakoff taught'. Sheet music by Schubert, Beethoven and lesser lights.
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MG0031 Cover grubby and detached, otherwise very clean. £5.00, $7.75
MG0418 Small section of surface missing on cover. Several pages with short tears or folds, otherwise very good condition. £3.50, $5.50



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: April 1928
Desc: Featuring a cover portrait of 'The dream of Chopin'. Articles include: "Uses and abuses of the pedals", "Parental influence in the lives of famous musicians", "Whither the trend of modern music (Darius Milhaud)", "Sight reading", "Fascinating journeys in music land", "The tone poet 'Finlandia'", "Musical composition in the Philippines". Music by Brahms, Schubert, Gluck and others. pp 253-336.
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MG0731 Very good condition. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: May 1928
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Featuring magnificent full face, full beard etching of Brahms by Narn Bauer. Articles include "Napoli E' Una Canzone" (Naples travelogue); "Ethics in the musical profession"; "Cinderella at the piano"; "One hour at the piano" (part 1); "A self help lesson in modern pedaling"; "The romance of the dot"; "Junior Etude Schubert special". Music by Beethoven and others. pp 337-420.
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MG0388 Covers detached. Signed on cover and on some pages inside. £3.00, $4.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: November 1928
Desc: Articles include: "Milan, the shrine of the opera", "The evolution of piano playing and virtuosity", "Antidotes for unnecessary platform fear", "Race and nation in music", "Egyptian music", "First year ear training", "A master lesson on 'The lark' a song by Glinka". Music by Glinka/Balakirew and others. pp809-892.
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MG0143 Very good condition. £4.00, $6.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: September 1929
Desc: Featuring a front cover portrait of César Franck. Articles include "Brussels, the musical gem of Europe"; "Practical considerations in pianoforte interpretation"; "The centenary of Rubinstein"; "The future of music in moviedom"; "Musical idealism in the United States"; "A master lesson on the Chopin Etude Op 25, No 2"; "Jazz - whither bound?". Music by Chopin, Schumann, Rubinstein x 2 and others. pp 629-708.
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MG0928 Light damp patches on page edges, notch from bottom margin of last few pages, otherwise good. £3.50, $5.25



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: October 1929
Desc: Featuring a front cover portrait of Stephen Foster. Articles include "Brussels, the musical gem of Europe" (Part 2); "The native orchestra of India"; "The harmonica - the flying wedge in introducing music"; "America's greatest songwriter" (Foster); "The romance of the harp"; "Opera in English and its advocates"; "How to master Chopin's 'butterfly' etude". Music by Chopin, Bach and others. pp 709-788.
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MG0927 Usual chips and tears, otherwise good condition. £4.00, $6.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: April 1930
Desc: The music and musicians of Spain. Articles include "The marvelous musical story of Barcelona" (Pablo Casals); "Rhythm and technic the keys to interpretation" (Jose Iturbi); "Holy week in Seville"; "Some modern Spanish composers"; "The ceaseless charm of the music of Spain"; "Monsalvat - the land of the Holy Grail"; "The romance of the Guitar" (Andres Segovia). Music bylesser names. pp 229-304.
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MG0702 Covers and centre pages detached, otherwise good condition. £3.00, $4.75



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: May 1930
Desc: Articles include: "The Musical value of silence", "Romance of the guitar (Segovia)", "The Great Masters as Students - Tschaikowsky", "Rhythm and Technic the keys to Interpretation", "Has the pianoforte as an instrument developed in the last half century?", "A master lesson on the Bach Fantasia in C minor". Music by Beethoven, Bach and others. pp 305-380.
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MG0791 Centre pages detached, some pages torn, otherwise good condition for age. £3.25, $5.00



picture of magazine Magazine: The Etude Music Magazine Issue: August 1930
Desc: Articles include "A little more Beethoven, please"; "What's the matter with our music?"; "The most useful of all fingering rules"; "The music of the waltz and its creators"; "Musical jargon of the radio clarified"; "Preparedness of attack as an aid to sight reading"; "A musical sport of other days"; "The young harpist and public appearances". Music by Nevin and others. pp 529-600.
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MG0793 Very good condition. £4.50, $6.75