Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Brief Mentions 2016-2020

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

2016

Geoffrey Burgess. Oboe Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. How Much Do We Know? The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 1 (2016): pp. 109-122. https://www.idrs.org/publications/142-the-double-reed-2016-39-1/#page=111. Tabuteau referenced on p. 111.

Daniel Stolper. Obituary: Frank Stalzer. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 3 (2016): p. 37. https://www.idrs.org/publications/144-the-double-reed-2016-39-3/#page=39. Tabuteau referenced on p. 37. Reprinted from The Arizona Republic.

Ronald E. Grames. Embracing the Silver and Gold. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 3 (2016): p. 134. https://www.idrs.org/publications/144-the-double-reed-2016-39-3/#page=136. Tabuteau referenced on p. 134. Reprinted from Fanfare, July/August 2016.

2017

Kristin Letterman. The Maestro of Life: Bert Lucarelli’s We Can’t Always Play Waltzes. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 1 (2017): pp. 54-68. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-1/#page=57. Tabuteau referenced on p. 56. 

George Sakakeeny. K. David Van Hoesen (1926-2016): A Tribute. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 2 (2017): pp. 49-50. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-2/#page=51. Tabuteau referenced on p. 49. 

Victoria Racz. A Conversation with Earle Dumler. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 2 (2017): pp. 69-88. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-2/#page=71. Tabuteau referenced on p. 83. 

Daniel Stolper. Obituary: Rowland Floyd (1937-2017). The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 3 (2017): p. 31. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-3/#page=33. Tabuteau referenced on p. 31.

Daniel Stolper. News: Boston Double Reed Day. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 4 (2017): pp. 30-31. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-4/#page=32. Tabuteau referenced on p. 31. 

Margaret Floyd Barry. In Honor of My Father, Rowland W. Floyd (1937-2017). The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 4 (2017): pp. 38-42. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-4/#page=40. Tabuteau referenced on p. 41. 

[From Susan Morris, Rowland’s student from 1975 to 1980]

Marissa Honda. An Interview with the Jewel of the Orchestra. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 4 (2017): pp. 77-84. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-4/#page=79. Tabuteau referenced on p. 80.

[Caroline Hove, LA Phil Engish Horn chair]

Robert Weiner. Oboe Recording Reviews: Joseph Robinson. The Double Reed. Vol. 40, No. 4 (2017): pp. 153-154. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-40-4/#page=155. Tabuteau referenced on p. 153. 

2018

Roger Birnstingl. An Englishman’s Appreciation. The Double Reed. Vol. 41, No. 3 (2018): pp. 37-40. Tabuteau referenced on p. 38.

Christopher Brodersen. An Interview with Baroque Oboist Marc Schachman. The Double Reed. Vol. 41, No. 3 (2018): pp. 69-82. Tabuteau referenced on p. 71.

2019

Daniel Stolper. Obituary: Laurence Thorstenberg. The Double Reed. Vol. 42, No. 1 (2019): p. 28. https://www.idrs.org/publications/double-reed-vol-42-no-1/#page=31. Tabuteau referenced on p. 28.

Bill Doolittle. Alex Vvedenskiy steps to center stage with Louisville Orchestra. The Double Reed. Vol. 42, No. 1 (2019): pp. 45-48. https://www.idrs.org/publications/double-reed-vol-42-no-1/#page=47. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 47, 48. Reprinted from Louisville Future, November 14, 2018.

Stephen Colburn. Review: Heitor Villa-Lobos. Woodwind Chamber Music. The Double Reed, Vol. 42, No. 2 (2019): p. 179. https://www.idrs.org/publications/double-reed-vol-42-no-2/#page=180. Tabuteau referenced on p. 179.

2020

Barbara LaFitte. Stevens Hewitt Studies in Musical Expression after Ferling and Others. The Double Reed, Vol. 43, No. 2 (2020): p. 83. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-43-no-2-2020/#page=85. Tabuteau referenced on p. 86.

Ryan D. Romine. In Remembrance of Daniel Stolper. The Double Reed, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2020): p. 1. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-43-no-3-2020/#page=1. Tabuteau referenced on Cover and p. 4.

Ryan D. Romine. Obituary: David Benjamin Weber (1947-2020). The Double Reed, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2020): p. 28. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-43-no-3-2020/#page=30. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 29, 30.

Robert and P. Bailey Sorton. A Tribute to Christopher Weait on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, Part 2: A Round-Table Discussion. The Double Reed, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2020): pp. 145-159. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-43-no-3-2020/#page=147. Tabuteau referenced on p. 148.

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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.