Notifications Related to Marcel Tabuteau, 1971-1999

Since the early 1970s, IDRS publications have included various notices and advertisements that are Tabuteau-related. A click on a link will take you to the Tabuteau specific information which is presented below in chronological order by issue.

Notification: Benefit Recording of Special Interest. To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 2, No. 2 (1971). Announcement of Art of the Oboe recording and scholarship application.

Advertisement: Scholarship Funds. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972): p. 2. Notice of the Tabuteau Fund.

Notification: Publications. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 1, No. 1 (1972): p. 8. Announcement of new book.

Notification: Recordings. To The World’s Bassoonists. Vol. 2, No. 3 (1972): p. 8.  Re-announcement of Art of the Oboe recording.

Notification: Random Scrapings. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 2, No. 3 (1974): p. 4. Commission announcement for the Marcel Tabuteau Memorial Fund.

Notification: News Notes…Personalities…Performances. The Double Reed. Vol. 1, No. 2 (1978): p. 20. Notification that Tabuteau’s recorded performance of the Bach Oboe-Violin Concerto (first movement) was included on the in-flight audio for the Presidential air fleet. (Jimmy Carter was President at the time.)

Notification: IDRS Announcement. The Double Reed. Vol. 2, No. 1 (1979). Cover and explanation of the cover (on the next page) regarding an upcoming article covering the Marcel Tabuteau Memorial Events at the Curtis Institute.

Notification: IDRS Announcement. The Double Reed. Vol. 3, No. 2 (1980). Cover and explanation of the cover (on the next page) highlighting an article in this issue (p. 29) about the Tabuteau Memorial Concerts at the Curtis Institute.

Advertisement: Advertisement for Joseph Robinson Master Class. The Double Reed. Vol. 5, No. 3 (1982): p. 54.  Repeated in Vol. 6, No. 1 (1983): p. 59. Tabuteau mentioned within Robinson’s background.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. The Double Reed. Vol. 8, No. 3 (1985): p. 67.  This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications, sometimes with different wording.

Advertisement: Hey Yall! The Double Reed. Vol. 9, No. 1 (1986): p. 75. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The Double Reed. Vol. 9, No. 3 (1986): p. 86. Tabuteau mentioned within Marc Lifschey’s background.

Advertisement: Books from Forrest’s. Journal of the IDRS. No. 15 (1987): p. 93. Tabuteau mentioned in the last entry below. This advertisements appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. Journal of the IDRS. No. 16 (1988): p. 115. This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. The Double Reed. Vol. 11, No. 2 (1988): p. 85. This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: The Woodwind Clinician. The Double Reed. Vol. 11, No. 2 (1988): p. 103.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. Journal of the IDRS. No. 18 (1990): p. 117.  This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Notification: Annual Conference Program Highlights. The Double Reed. Vol. 14, No. 1 (1991): pp. 6-7. 

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. The Double Reed. Vol. 14, No. 1 (1991): p. 103.  This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Notification: Annual Conference Program at a Glance. The Double Reed. Vol. 14, No. 2 (1991): pp. 13-21. 

Advertisement: The Reed Maker’s Manual. The Double Reed. Vol. 14, No. 2 (1991): p. 113. This book advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications. Beginning with the third appearance, the black and white were reversed.

Notification: Stolen Oboes and Bassoons. Journal of the IDRS (1992): p. 100.  A stolen Tabuteau model oboe is referenced on p. 100, item 20. Also mentioned in subsequent issues of the Journal and The Double Reed

Advertisement: Oboe Orchestral Audition Repertoire Festival. The Double Reed. Vol. 17, No. 3 (1994): p. 97. Tabuteau’s tape recordings referenced. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Instruments for Sale. The Double Reed. Vol. 17, No. 3 (1994): p. 99. An advertisement for a Tabuteau model Lorée oboe.

Advertisement: Oboe Orchestral Audition Repertoire Festival. The Double Reed. Vol. 18, No. 3 (1995): p. 134. Tabuteau’s tape recordings referenced. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. The Double Reed. Vol. 19, No. 1 (1996): p. 109.  This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Oboe Repertoire Festival. The Double Reed. Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996): p. 226.  Tabuteau’s tape recordings referenced. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Boston Records. The Double Reed. Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996): p. 227.  Announcement of Marcel Tabuteau’s Lessons CD release. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Master Oboe Reeds. The Double Reed. Vol. 20, No. 1 (1997): p. 159.  This advertisement for oboe reeds appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Oboe Repertoire Festival. The Double Reed. Vol. 20, No. 2 (1997): p. 156. Announcement for the summer repertoire festival of of 1998 to be led by John de Lancie and Wayne Rapier. The ad appeared again in Vol. 21, No. 1 (1998) with new dates: May 15th through May 31st, 1998.

Advertisement: Boston Records. The Double Reed. Vol. 20, No. 2 (1997): p. 157.  Announcement of Marcel Tabuteau’s Lessons CD release and Marcel Tabuteau performing excerpts from the orchestral repertoire with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.. 

Advertisement: Boston Records Catalogue. The Journal of the IDRS (1998): p. 175. Discussion of Marcel Tabuteau performing excerpts from the orchestral repertoire with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Boston Records. The Double Reed. Vol. 21, No. 3 (1998): p. 175. Second recording release announcement of Marcel Tabuteau performing excerpts from the orchestral repertoire with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Boston Records. The Double Reed. Vol. 22, No. 1 (1999): p. 145. A new layout of the above with a photograph of Tabuteau’s Excerpts CD. This advertisement appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

Advertisement: Boston Records: Oboe Repertoire Festival. The Double Reed. Vol. 22, No. 4 (1999): p. 149. This advertisement referencing Tabuteau (in de Lancie’s and Storch’s backgrounds) appeared again in successive IDRS publications.

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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.