Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Handwritten Music

During Tabuteau’s early years in America, he copied out by hand the first oboe parts of prominent passages in the symphonic and operatic repertoire as a learning aid. These manuscripts were given to Laila Storch in 1945, the year she graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music. Shown below are passages from Brahms 3rd and 4th symphonies that Laila had printed inside the front and back covers (and facing pages) of her Tabuteau biography (hardback editions): Marcel Tabuteau: How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can’t Peel a Mushroom? Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008. All of the manuscripts will be entered on this website at a future date.

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What's New!

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.

See the older model Lorée oboe now pictured on the website masthead.

An important video of Laila Storch speaking about Marcel Tabuteau at the 1996 IDRS conference.

New family information from Guy Baumier, Tabuteau’s grand nephew.