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Marcel Tabuteau
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Photographs of Marcel Tabuteau have been assembled on this website for public access. Listed below are categories of photographs with Tabuteau’s image, or photos that directly relate to him. Some photos fall under more than one category but are generally pictured once. The majority have been submitted by Laila Storch and Guy Baumier (Tabuteau’s great-grandnephew) from their archives, with Marc Mostovoy, Arthur Grossman, Danna Sundet*, David Weber** and the Curtis Institute of Music*** providing many others. New photos and precise captions are being added periodically. The images include photographic prints as well as reproductions used in various print publications. Many photographs are under copyright, so be sure you are granted permission before copying. If you possess, or are aware of photographs showing images of Marcel/Louise Tabuteau that could be added to this website, please click Submissions.

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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.