Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Brief Mentions 1973-1979

Many IDRS articles briefly cite Marcel Tabuteau for contextual purposes. The excerpted segments are presented chronologically by year.

1973

Daniel Stolper. International Oboe Symposium. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 1, No. 2 (1973): p. 2. https://www.idrs.org/publications/216-to-the-worlds-oboists-1973-1-2/#page=2. Tabuteau referenced on p. 2.

Daniel Stolper. Oboes in the New York Philharmonic: Harold Gomberg. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 1, No. 2 (1973): p. 3. https://www.idrs.org/publications/216-to-the-worlds-oboists-1973-1-2/#page=3. Tabuteau referenced on p. 3.

Daniel Stolper. Oboes in the Philadelphia Orchestra. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 1, No. 3 (1973): pp. 4-5.  https://www.idrs.org/publications/217-to-the-worlds-oboists-1973-1-3/#page=4. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 4-5.

Jack Phelan. Walter Guetter Bassoonist. To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 3, No. 3 (1973): pp. 4-5. https://www.idrs.org/publications/202-to-the-worlds-bassoonists-1973-3-3/#page=4. Tabuteau referenced on p. 4 , 8.

1974

Daniel Stolper and Virginia Lowrey. Baroque Music for Oboe — A DiscographyThe Journal of the IDRS 1974: pp. 46-53. https://www.idrs.org/publications/179-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1974/#page=48. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 46, 49.

Gerald Corey. The Philadelphia Orchestra Bassoon Section. To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 4, No. 2 (1974): pp. 2-3. https://www.idrs.org/publications/205-to-the-worlds-bassoonists-1974-4-2/#page=2. Tabuteau referenced on p. 2.

Daniel Stolper. Oboes in the Chicago Symphony: Richard Kanter. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 2, No. 3 (1974): pp. 5-6. https://www.idrs.org/publications/220-to-the-worlds-oboists-1974-2-3/#page=1. Tabuteau referenced on p. 5.

1975

Laila Storch. Across the Andes with the Soni Ventorum. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 3, No. 1 (1975): pp. 3-4. https://www.idrs.org/publications/222-to-the-worlds-oboists-1975-3-1/#page=3. Tabuteau referenced on p. 3.

Daniel Stolper. The Martinu Oboe Concerto and John de LancieTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 3, No. 1 (1975): pp. 6-7. https://www.idrs.org/publications/222-to-the-worlds-oboists-1975-3-1/#page=7. Tabuteau referenced on p. 7.

Daniel Stolper. Oboe Day in North CarolinaTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 3, No. 3 (1975): p. 4. https://www.idrs.org/publications/223-to-the-worlds-oboists-1975-3-3/#page=4. Tabuteau referenced on p. 4.

Daniel Stolper. RecordingsTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 3, No. 3 (1975): p. 4. https://www.idrs.org/publications/223-to-the-worlds-oboists-1975-3-3/#page=6. Tabuteau referenced on p. 7.

1976

Dan Stolper. An Index to “To The World’s Oboists” and Oboe-Related Articles in the Idrs JournalsTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 4, No. 1 (1976): p. 6. https://www.idrs.org/publications/224-to-the-worlds-oboists-1976-4-1/#page=7. Tabuteau referenced on p. 6.

Wilma Salisbury. The John Mack Oboe CampTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 4, No. 2 (1976): pp. 7-9. https://www.idrs.org/publications/226-to-the-worlds-oboists-1976-4-2/#page=8. Tabuteau referenced on p. 8.

Melvin Harris. European Oboists of Yesteryear….Some Notes and a QueryTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 4, No. 3 (1976): pp. 3-4. https://www.idrs.org/publications/226-to-the-worlds-oboists-1976-4-3/#page=2. Tabuteau referenced on p. 3.

1977

Daniel Stolper. News Notes. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 5, No. 1 (1977): pp. 7-8. https://www.idrs.org/publications/228-to-the-worlds-oboists-1977-5-1/#page=7. Tabuteau referenced on p. 7.

Jean Northrup. Fernand GilletTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 5, No. 2 (1977): pp. 1-4. https://www.idrs.org/publications/228-to-the-worlds-oboists-1977-5-2/#page=2. Tabuteau referenced on p. 2; reprinted in the IDRS Journal for 1998: pp. 12-17. https://www.idrs.org/publications/185-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1998/#page=12. Tabuteau referenced on p. 14.

Harold Schonberg. A King Among Oboe PlayersTo The World’s Oboists. Vol. 5, No. 3 (1977): pp. 1-2.  https://www.idrs.org/publications/229-to-the-worlds-oboists-1977-5-3/#page=2. Tabuteau referenced on p. 2.

Gerald Corey. Sixth Annual Meeting-Evansville. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 5, No. 3 (1977): pp. 4-5; https://www.idrs.org/publications/229-to-the-worlds-oboists-1977-5-3/#page=4. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 4, 5; reprinted in To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 7, No. 2 (1977): pp. 2-3. https://www.idrs.org/publications/214-to-the-worlds-bassoonists-1977-7-2/#page=1. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 2, 3; reprinted in The Double Reed. Vol. 20, No. 2 [No. 3] (1997): pp. 25-27. https://www.idrs.org/publications/66-the-double-reed-1997-20-2/#page=28. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 25, 27.

Gerald Corey. Discography Maurice Allard. To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 7, No. 1 (1977): p. 8. https://www.idrs.org/publications/213-to-the-worlds-bassoonists-1977-7-1/#page=8. Tabuteau referenced on p. 8.

1978

Peter Hedrich, ed. Henri Brod on the Making of Oboe ReedsThe Journal of the International Double Reed Society (1978): p. 7. https://www.idrs.org/publications/189-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1978/#page=17. Tabuteau referenced on p. 7.

Daniel Stolper, ed. Double Reed EnsemblesThe Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1978): pp. 16-17. https://www.idrs.org/publications/28-the-double-reed-1978-1-1/#page=16. Tabuteau referenced on p. 16.

Daniel Stolper, ed. News NotesThe Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1978): p. 17. https://www.idrs.org/publications/28-the-double-reed-1978-1-1/#page=21. Tabuteau referenced on p. 17.

Laurence Ibisch. A French Bassoonst in the United States. The Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 2 (1978): pp. 5-7.  https://www.idrs.org/publications/29-the-double-reed-1978-1-2/#page=6. Tabuteau referenced on p. 6.

Daniel Stolper. Marcel Tabuteau Photo. The Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 2 (1978): p. 20.  https://www.idrs.org/publications/29-the-double-reed-1978-1-2/#page=24.
Tabuteau referenced on p. 20.

Don Christlieb. A Tribute to Two Fine Double Reed Artists. The Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 3 (1978): pp. 23-24.  https://www.idrs.org/publications/30-the-double-reed-1978-1-3/#page=28. Tabuteau referenced on p. 24.

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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.