Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Print Interviews of Musicians who Interacted with Marcel Tabuteau

Over the years, certain Tabuteau students and colleagues were interviewed who speak about him to varying degrees. The interviews below mostly appeared in publications of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) and have been edited to be Tabuteau specific (with kind permission of the Society). URLs to the full interviews are also given—accessible if you are an IDRS member. Interviews that appeared in other publications are listed separately. The listings are alphabetical by interviewee. A brief biography of the interviewer will precede each interview.

IDRS Interviews

Robert Bloom interviewed by Eugene Cook. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 4, No. 2 (1976): pp. 1-5. Tabuteau cited on pp. 1, 3. https://www.idrs.org/publications/226-to-the-worlds-oboists-1976-4-2/#page=1.

Alain and Robert de Gourdon interviewed by Nora Post. The Double Reed. Vol. 5, No. 3 (1982): pp. 30-35. Tabuteau cited on pp. 34, 35. https://www.idrs.org/publications/154-the-double-reed-1982-5-3/#page=34; reprinted in The Journal of the IDRS (1998): pp. 20-24. https://www.idrs.org/publications/185-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1998/#page=12. Tabuteau cited on pp. 23, 24.

Fernand and Marie Gillet interviewed by Nora PostThe Double Reed. Vol. 5, No. 3 (1982): pp. 36-38. Tabuteau cited on p. 37. https://www.idrs.org/publications/154-the-double-reed-1982-5-3/#page=40; reprinted as Fernand Gillet (1882-1980): Interview with Fernand and Marie Gillet in The Journal of the IDRS (1998): pp. 12-17. https://www.idrs.org/publications/185-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1998/#page=12. Tabuteau cited on p. 14.

John de Lancie interviewed by Melissa StevensThe Double Reed. Vol. 25, No. 4 (2002): pp. 55-63. https://www.idrs.org/publications/85-the-double-reed-2002-25-4/#page=56. Tabuteau cited throughout. (See follow-up article here.)

The next three articles were adapted from an interview of John Mack by James Brody.

John Mack interviewed by James Brody [Part 1]. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 1 (2016): pp. 80-108. Tabuteau cited on pp. 80, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108. https://www.idrs.org/publications/142-the-double-reed-2016-39-1/#page=82.

John Mack interviewed by James Brody: Part 2. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 2 (2016): pp. 44-76. Tabuteau cited on pp. 46, 47, 48, 52, 53, 54, 59, 61, 65, 66, 69, 75. https://www.idrs.org/publications/143-the-double-reed-2016-39-2/#page=46.

John Mack interviewed by James Brody: Part 3. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 3 (2016): pp. 90-108. Tabuteau cited on pp. 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103. https://www.idrs.org/publications/144-the-double-reed-2016-39-3/#page=92.

Marc Mostovoy interviewed by Charles Lehrer. The Double Reed. Vol. 38, No. 1 (2015): pp. 74-81. Tabuteau cited on pp. 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80. https//www.idrs.org/publications/138-the-double-reed-2015-38-1/#page=76.

Marc Mostovoy interviewed by Tom DiNardo. The Double Reed. Vol. 38, No. 1 (2015): pp. 81-96. Tabuteau cited on pp. 82, 87. https//www.idrs.org/publications/138-the-double-reed-2015-38-1/#page=83.

Joseph Robinson interviewed by Daniel StolperThe Double Reed. Vol. 4, No. 1 (1981): pp. 16-26. Tabuteau cited on pp. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. https://www.idrs.org/publications/145-the-double-reed-1981-4-1/#page=20.

Joseph Robinson interviewed by Nora PostThe Double Reed. Vol. 22, No. 3 (1999): pp. 73-80. Tabuteau cited on pp. 75, 78, 79. https://www.idrs.org/publications/72-the-double-reed-1999-22-3/#page=74.

Matthew Ruggiero interviewed by Dale ClarkThe Double Reed. Vol. 22, No. 3 (1999): pp. 103-110. Tabuteau cited on p. 105, 110. https://www.idrs.org/publications/72-the-double-reed-1999-22-3/#page=104.

Martha Scherer interviewed by Sotos Djiovanis. The Double Reed. Vol. 34, No. 2 (2011): pp. 105-110. Tabuteau cited on pp. 105, 106, 107, 108, 110. https://www.idrs.org/publications/122-the-double-reed-2011-34-2/#page=106.

Sol Schoenbach interviewed by William Dietz. The Double Reed. Vol, 10, No. 3 (1987): pp. 48-50. Tabuteau cited on pp. 48, 50. https://www.idrs.org/publications/33-the-double-reed-1987-10-3/#page=50; reprinted without photographs in The Journal of the International Double Reed Society. Vol. 26 (1998) pp. 43-46. Tabuteau cited on pp. 43, 44, 45. https://www.idrs.org/publications/185-the-journal-of-the-idrs-1998/#page=44.

Laila Storch interviewed by Geoffrey BurgessThe Double Reed. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009): pp. 33-65. Tabuteau cited on pp. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 . https://www.idrs.org/publications/113-the-double-reed-2009-32-1/#page=35.

Laila Storch and Arthur Grossman interviewed by Terry EwellThe Double Reed. Vol. 25, No. 4 (2002): pp. 17-22. Tabuteau cited on pp. 17,18, 21, 22. https://www.idrs.org/publications/85-the-double-reed-2002-25-4/#page=18.

Interviews Appearing Elsewhere

John Krell interviewed by Melissa StevensFlutist Quarterly. Vol. 26, No. 3 (2001): pp. 56-60. Tabuteau cited throughout.

Donald Peck interviewed by Kathleen Goll-Wilson. (First Flute for 39 Years.) The Instrumentalist (May 1966): pp. 12-17. Tabuteau cited on pp. 15, 17.

Aaron Rosand interviewed by Robert J. Sullivan. Classical Net: The Internet’s Premier Classical Music Source (1997): Tabuteau cited nine paragraphs before the end. https://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/sullivan/interviews/rosand.php.

Interview with Abe Torchinsky (interviewer and date unknown). The Curtis Institute of Music Archives. Tabuteau cited in the seventh and eighth paragraphs.

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What's New!

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.