Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Brief Mentions 2007-2010

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

2007

Daniel Stolper and Gerald Corey. Edward Gobrecht. Conference Program for 2007 at Ithaca College. https://www.idrs.org/publications/18-conference-programs-2007/#page=48. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 47, 82.

Daniel Stolper. Remembering Pierre Pierlot (1921-2007). The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007): pp. 19-21. https://www.idrs.org/publications/105-the-double-reed-2007-30-1/#page=21. Tabuteau referenced on p. 20.

Robert Howe. Remembering Felix Kraus. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007): pp. 25-29. https://www.idrs.org/publications/105-the-double-reed-2007-30-1/#page=26. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 25, 26.

Daniel Stolper. Obituary: Jerryl Davis (1945-2006). The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007): pp. 34-36. https://www.idrs.org/publications/105-the-double-reed-2007-30-1/#page=36. Tabuteau referenced on p. 35.

Daniel Stolper. Oboists in the News: Martin Hebert. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007): pp. 55-59. https://www.idrs.org/publications/105-the-double-reed-2007-30-1/#page=58. Tabuteau referenced on p. 57.

Jerry Caldwell. An Interview with Oboist Ron Fox. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2007): pp. 63-74. https://www.idrs.org/publications/105-the-double-reed-2007-30-1/#page=65. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 64, 67, 68. 

Daniel Stolper and Eugene Izotov. Tributes to Ralph Gomberg (1921-2006). The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 2 (2007): pp. 11-21. https://www.idrs.org/publications/106-the-double-reed-2007-30-2/#page=12. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 11, 13, 18, 20.

Emily Hervering. An Interview with Dan Ross. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 2 (2007): pp. 47-62. https://www.idrs.org/publications/106-the-double-reed-2007-30-2/#page=49. Tabuteau referenced on p. 60.

Andrea Fedele. The Alexander Technique and Oboists, Part II. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 2 (2007): pp. 71-81. https://www.idrs.org/publications/106-the-double-reed-2007-30-2/#page=73. Tabuteau referenced on p. 74.

Daniel Stolper. Obituaries: John Minsker; Donald Hefner. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 3 (2007): pp. 41-43. https://www.idrs.org/publications/107-the-double-reed-2007-30-3/#page=43. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 41, 42.

John Minsker

Donald Hefner

Harold Emert. Obituary: Albert Goltzer. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 4 (2007): pp. 33-34. https://www.idrs.org/publications/108-the-double-reed-2007-30-4/#page=35. Tabuteau referenced on p. 34.

Andrea Ridilla. Making Peace Between International Reeding. The Double Reed. Vol. 30, No. 4 (2007): pp. 61-64. https://www.idrs.org/publications/108-the-double-reed-2007-30-4/#page=63. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 62, 63.

2008

Denise Lamb. A Tribute to Noah Knepper. The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 1 (2008): pp. 15-16. https://www.idrs.org/publications/109-the-double-reed-2008-31-1/#page=16. Tabuteau referenced on p. 15.

Daniel Stolper. Obituary: Seizo Suzuki (1922-2008). The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 1 (2008): p. 25. https://www.idrs.org/publications/109-the-double-reed-2008-31-1/#page=26. Tabuteau referenced on p. 25.

Jennifer Potochnic. Never Say Goodbye. The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 1 (2008): pp. 63-64. https://www.idrs.org/publications/109-the-double-reed-2008-31-1/#page=65. Tabuteau referenced on p. 64.

James D Hough. Douglas B. Craig, Bassoonist and Musician Par Excellence
A Tribute.
The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 2 (2008): pp. 29-31. https://www.idrs.org/publications/109-the-double-reed-2008-31-2/#page=31. Tabuteau referenced on p. 31.

Christopher Brodersen. An Interview with Geoffrey Burgess. The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 2 (2008): pp. 59-67. https://www.idrs.org/publications/110-the-double-reed-2008-31-2/#page=61. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 61-63.

Michael Finkelman. Book Review: Stevens Hewitt, Studies in Musical Expression through all the Keys. The Double Reed. Vol. 31, No. 2 (2008): pp. 130-132. https://www.idrs.org/publications/110-the-double-reed-2008-31-2/#page=132. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 130, 132.

2009

Danna Sundet and Andria Brennan. Continuing the Legacy. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009): p. 22. https://www.idrs.org/publications/113-the-double-reed-2009-32-1/#page=24. Tabuteau referenced on p. 22.

Dewayne Pigg. The Nashville Double Reed Ensemble. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009): p. 66. https://www.idrs.org/publications/113-the-double-reed-2009-32-1/#page=24. Tabuteau referenced on p. 68.

Daniel Stolper. Random Scrapings from the Oboe Editor’s Desk. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009): pp. 138-140. https://www.idrs.org/publications/113-the-double-reed-2009-32-1/#page=140. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 139, 140.

Stevens Hewett. The Perfect Reed. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 2 (2009): pp. 91-92. https://www.idrs.org/publications/114-the-double-reed-2009-32-2/#page=92. Tabuteau referenced on p. 91.

Jerry J. Cadwell. Interview with Oboist Ron Fox, Part 2. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 2 (2009): pp. 99-112. https://www.idrs.org/publications/114-the-double-reed-2009-32-2/#page=101. Tabuteau referenced on p. 111.

Michael Finkelman. Obituary: Louis Rosenblatt. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 3 (2009): p. 49. https://www.idrs.org/publications/115-the-double-reed-2009-32-3/#page=45. Tabuteau referenced on p. 49.

Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia. My Life with Lou. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 3 (2009): pp. 49-50. https://www.idrs.org/publications/115-the-double-reed-2009-32-3/#page=45. Tabuteau referenced on p. 49, 50.

Daniel Stolper. Tributes to Louis Rosenblatt (1928-2009). The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 4 (2009): pp. 29-33. https://www.idrs.org/publications/116-the-double-reed-2009-32-4/#page=12. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 31, 33.

Daniel Stolper. Oboists in the News. The Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 4 (2009): pp. 57-60. https://www.idrs.org/publications/116-the-double-reed-2009-32-4/#page=12. Tabuteau referenced on p. 58.

2010

Daniel Stolper. Oboists in the News. The Double Reed. Vol. 33, No. 1 (2010): pp. 21-24. https://www.idrs.org/publications/117-the-double-reed-2010-33-1/#page=22. Tabuteau referenced on p. 21.

Shea Scruggs

Daniel Wakin. Among Oboists, a Mutual Admiration Society. The Double Reed. Vol. 33, No. 1 (2010): pp. 27-30. https://www.idrs.org/publications/117-the-double-reed-2010-33-1/#page=29. Tabuteau referenced on p. 29.

Martin Schuring. Message from the President. The Double Reed. Vol. 33, No. 3 (2010): p. 5. https://www.idrs.org/publications/119-the-double-reed-2010-33-3/#page=6. Tabuteau referenced on p. 5.

Judi Scramlin. An Interview with Harry Sargous. [Information on Philip Kirchner]. The Double Reed. Vol. 33, No. 4 (2010): pp. 122-142. https://www.idrs.org/publications/120-the-double-reed-2010-33-4/#page=124. Tabuteau referenced on p. 124.

[Editor’s Note: Philip Kirchner arrived in the US from Lithuania in 1906; and although Tabuteau had arrived in 1905, a year earlier, he did not join the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra until 1908. Tabuteau played English horn / 2nd oboe in the New York Symphony Orchestra for a few years before he went to the Metropolitan Opera, and it is only logical to posit that he would attracted students after he became principal oboist at the Met in 1908. That position surely gave him the notoriety he needed.]

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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.