Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Brief Mentions 2021-

Many IDRS articles make reference to Marcel Tabuteau. The excerpted segments are presented chronologically by year.

2021

Libby Van Cleve. Review of Great Oboists on Music and Musicianship by Michele L. Fiala and Martin Schuring. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 1 (2021): pp. 173-174. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-1-2021/#page=175. Tabuteau referenced on p. 173.

Book Review Great Oboists
Book Review Great Oboists

Geoffrey Burgess. Message from the Oboe and Bassoon Editors. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 2 (2021): p. 7. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-2-2021/#page=9. Tabuteau referenced on p. 7.

Message From Burgess
Howard Pollack. Samuel Barber’s Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 3 (2021): pp. 54-62. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-3-2021/#page=56. Tabuteau referenced on p. 54.
Barber Canzonetta

Mark S. Roosa. Reflections on a Bountiful Career: In Conversation with Bassoonist John W. Miller, Jr. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 3 (2021): pp. 77-86. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-3-2021/#page=79. Tabuteau referenced on p. 79.

Conversation with bassoonist

Robert Stephenson. The Post-Pandemic Game Plan. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 3 (2021): pp. 149-156. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-3-2021/#page=151. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 153, 155.

Post-Pandemic Game Plan
Post-Pandemic Game Plan
Geoffrey Burgess. An Interview with Jeffrey Reinhardt, former Laubin Employee. The Double Reed. Vol. 44, No. 4 (2021): pp. 26-29. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-4-2021/#page=29. Tabuteau referenced on p. 27.
Laubin

2022

Martin Schuring. Review of From Stages to the Stage: An Oboist’s Guide to Reed Making Success! by Jan Eberle. The Double Reed. Vol. 45, No. 1 (2022): pp. 175-176. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-44-no-1-2021/#page=175. Tabuteau referenced on p. 173.

From Eberle book on reed making

Margaret Phillips and Barbara LaFitte. Double Reed Weekend at Boston Conserveratory at Berklee, September 2022. The Double Reed. Vol. 45, No. 3 (2022): pp. 39-40. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-45-no-3-2022/#page=42. Tabuteau referenced on p. 40.

Master Class 2022

Jeremy Polmear. Review: Does History Matter. The Double Reed. Vol. 45, No. 3 (2022): pp. 163-166. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-45-no-3-2022/#page=165. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 163, 164.

Does History Matter?
Does History Matter?
Geoffrey Burgess. Through the Camera’s Lens: Libby Hedrick and a Modern Method of Oboe Reed Making. The Double Reed. Vol. 45, No. 4 (2022): pp. 173-176. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-45-no-4-2022/#page=175. Tabuteau referenced on p. 175.
Mack2022

2023

David Rachor. Review of La Couture-Boussey: Regards sur La Facture Instrumental, Emanuel Marconi, editor. The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 1 (2023): pp. 129-134. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-1-2023/#page=131. Tabuteau referenced on p. 132.

Rachor review
Rachor review
Will Stevens. A Gathering to Remember Robert Bloom (1908-94). The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 2 (2023): pp. 17-20. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023/#page=19. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 17, 18.
Remembering Robert Bloom - 1
Remembering Robert Bloom - 2
William Wielgus. Harry Milton Smyles: Pioneering African-American Oboist and Advocate for Diversity. The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 2 (2023): pp. 41-60. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023/#page=42. Tabuteau referenced on p. 41.
Smyles

Marlen Vavrikova. An Encounter with Czech Double Reed Society in Rataje nad Sázavou, July 9-16, 2023. The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 3 (2023): pp. 29-33. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023-2/#page=32. Tabuteau referenced on p. 30.

Marlen Vavrikova
Jacqueline Leclair. An Interview with David Scherr. The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 3 (2023): pp. 41-53. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023-2/#page=43. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 42, 49.
David Scherr interview
David Scherr interview

Martin H. Brinkley. Learning to Fly (Without an Umbrella). The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 3 (2023): pp. 91-103. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023-2/#page=93. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 100, 102.

Umbrella-1
Learning to Fly (Without an Umbrella)
Christopher Brodersen. An Interview with Baroque Oboist and Renaissance Wind Player Priscilla Herreid. The Double Reed. Vol. 46, No. 3 (2023): pp. 104-113. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-46-no-2-2023-2/#page=107. Tabuteau referenced on p. 107.
Herreid

2024

Geoffrey Burgess. Obituaries. The Double Reed. Vol. 47, No. 1 (2024): p 35. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-47-no-1-2024/#page=37. Tabuteau referenced on p. 35.

Martha Scherer Alfee death notice

Geoffrey Burgess. Howe to Collect: An Interview with Robert S. Howe, Woodwind Instrument Collector. The Double Reed. Vol. 47, No. 1 (2024): p 102-112. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-47-no-1-2024/#page=111. Tabuteau referenced on p. 109.

Howe interview with Geoffrey Burgess
Tabuteau's forst Loree, T6

Michael Finkelman. Review. The Double Reed. Vol. 47, No. 1 (2024): pp. 136-137. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-47-no-1-2024/#page=138. Tabuteau referenced on p. 136.

Finkelman Review

Meghan Woodard. On the Record: Interpreting Recorded Performances of the Oboe Cadenza from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, 1910-2016. The Double Reed. Vol. 47, No. 4 (2024): pp. 89-110. https://www.idrs.org/publications/the-double-reed-vol-47-no-3-2024/#page=91. Tabuteau referenced on pp. 93, 101.

Brief mention with deLancie
Table of Beethoven 5th Symphony
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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.