Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Marcel Tabuteau Excerpts: Recommended Recordings

David McGill. Sound in Motion. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. Tabuteau review on p. 341.

MARCEL TABUTEAU EXCERPTS. Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor (1924-40). Boston Records.

The first forty minutes of this CD consist of excerpts recorded between 1924 and 1940 that, to varying degrees of success, attempt to show Tabuteau’s range of expression and tone color. The disc ends with the entire Mozart Concertante minus its opening tutti. There is tremendous variance in the quality of these recordings, but some do manage to impart an idea of the greatness of Tabuteau’s playing. This recording is, nevertheless, an indispensable reference to Marcel Tabuteau’s peak years in the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski.

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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.