Composite Photos

Below are three groups of composite photos of Tabuteau and his family
submitted by Guy Baumier, Tabuteau’s great-grandnephew.

9 photos from the 1890s
9 photos from the 1890s
9 photos from 1903 to 1918 with face insets
9 photos from 1903 to 1918 with face insets
18 portraits of Tabuteau from 1903 to 1918; extracted mostly from family photos, some unpublished
18 portraits of Tabuteau from 1903 to 1918; extracted mostly from family photos, some unpublished

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An audio interview with Joan Browne (Champie), a private Tabuteau student in the early 1950s.

A photograph of the music stand that was in Tabuteau’s private studio in Philadelphia.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Vladimir Sokoloff.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Joan Browne Champie.

With the passing of Wilbur Isaac Hilles in August 2023 and now Martha Scherer-Alfee in February 2024, no oboe students of Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute are still living.

A letter sent to the Curtis Institute by Laila Storch’s mother about Tabuteau not teaching at Curtis—and the reply.