Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Felix and Jane Hill Meyer

Jane Hill (Meyer) was Registrar at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1926 to 1961. She and her husband Felix became close friends of the Tabuteaus. The two letters below were kindly provided by Kristina Wilson, Archivist at the Curtis Institute of Music. The first one, in Marcel Tabuteau’s hand, is dated July 20, 1962. The second is by Louise Tabuteau dated January 9, 1966, written following the death of her husband.

July 26, 1962

Meyer
Meyer
Meyer
Meyer

January 9, 1966

Meyer
Marcel Tabuteau Collection (MSS 12), Curtis Institute of Music Archives
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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.