Thursday, August 9, 2018

Illustrations for "The Road to Success: The Long, Glorious Grind"

Figure 1.

The Willmar Tribune; Wednesday, October 22, 1913. "Picture Sermon to Men and Boys -- Illustrating the Difficulties on the Road To Success."


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Figure 2.

The Etude Music Magazine:  October 1913. "The Road to Success"

(Subtitle:  "This allegorical cartoon is adapted to musical education from an original drawing issued by the National Cash Register Company to point the road to business success.")





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Figure 3. 

The Etude Music Magazine, February, 1918.  "From Mechanical Foundation to Artistic Triumph."




Figure 4.

The Etude Music Magazine March, 1918.  "Are You Getting Into A Rut?" By Wm. S. Northenheim.





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Saturday, March 24, 2018

“The True, Unutterable Great Sin…” Heteronormative Discourse in The Etude Music Magazine

RIdIM Conference

Canterbury, UK:  July, 2018


"The Gift of the Instruments," Francis Sherman Cooke.



"Orpheus and his Lyre," James Francis Cooke.

(Compare with Franz von Stuck, below*)

 

"The Miracle Age in Music," Zack Hogg


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Untitled, John Holcomb

Detail:





"The Dream of Chopin," Charles O. Golden



For the conference paper, but not for the presentation:



"A Schubert Fantasy," Charles O. Golden

"Love's Old Sweet Song," Francis Sherman Cooke

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For comparative purposes only.  Not from The Etude:


*Orphée charmant les bêtes sauvages avec sa lyre. Franz von Stuck, 1891

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

"The Etude Educational Cartoon Series" (original format)

All issues of The Etude published in 1910 are here (Hathi Trust).  Note that in "Facing" page view the pagination will be incorrect:  odd numbered pages will appear on the left and even numbered pages will appear on the right.






1.  April 1910

Original 2-page layout





Detail





2.  May 1910




3.  June 1910





4.  July 1910




5.  August 1910



6.  November 1910



7.  December 1910