The Etude, Volume LXV, No. 1, January 1947; Music Magazine
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1947. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 60 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Some musical notes/scores. Cover worn and soiled. Some page browning. RARE EINSTEIN ITEM! 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 issue is extremely important for the article by Lili Foldes entitled "A Musical Visit with Einstein". Lili was the wife of pianist Andor Foldes. Also in this issue is an editorial on "Music's Part in World Peace", and articles on "The Accompanist's Background and Equipment", "Opera Revives in the Heart of the 1859 Gold Rush", and "RCA Victor Billionth Record". Albert Einstein was not only an outstanding physicist and mathematician, he was also a devoted amateur musician who played with some of the great performers of his time. His musical life ran in tandem with his scientific one, often becoming inseparable. For Einstein music helped his theorizing. Einstein had around ten different violins throughout his life, each receiving the nickname of Lina. The Etude was an American print magazine dedicated to music founded by Theodore Presser (1848–1925) at Lynchburg, Virginia, and first published in October 1883. Presser, who had also founded the Music Teachers National Association, moved his publishing headquarters to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1884, and his Theodore Presser Company continued the magazine until 1957. Aimed at all musicians, from the novice through the serious student to the professional, The Etude printed articles about both basic (or "popular") and more-involved musical subjects (including history, literature, gossip, and politics), contained write-in advice columns about musical pedagogy, and piano sheet music, of all performer ability levels, totaling over 10,000 works. James Francis Cooke, editor-in-chief from 1909 to 1949, added the phrase "Music Exalts Life!" to the magazine's masthead, and The Etude became a platform for Cooke's somewhat polemical and militantly optimistic editorials. The sometimes conservative outlook and contents of the magazine may have contributed to a decline in circulation in the 1930s and '40s, but in many respects it moved with the times, unequivocally supporting the phonograph, radio, and eventually television, and, by the late 1930s, fully embracing jazz. By the end, George Rochberg was an editor of The Etude under Guy McCoy, who had succeeded Cooke as editor-in-chief after over two decades as an assistant, and the magazine's musical content had come more closely in-step with the contemporary world. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: Albert Einstein, Music, Magazine, Culture, Opera, Piano, Gold Rush, World Peace, Organ, Worship, Cup Mouthpieces, Vocal Training, Lili Foldes
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