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Immediate Family Genealogy

François Tabuteau-Guérineau (1851-1936), Marcel’s father; clockmaker & jeweler

Pauline Malaquin (1858-1945), Marcel’s mother; homemaker

  • Pauline Charlotte (known as Charlotte) Tabuteau-Guérineau (1877-1946), Marcel’s oldest sister; married [1894] to Émile Létoffé (1856-1938), violinist. Children: Thérèse Létoffé (1895-1992) and François Létoffé (1914-1995)
  • Germain Tabuteau-Guérineau (1879-1879) who died in infancy
  • Esther Henriette (known as Germaine) Tabuteau-Guérineau (1880-1916), Marcel’s older sister; married [1898] to Camille Auxenfans (1865-1916), insurance agent. Daughter: Suzanne Auxenfans (1899-1986)
  • Marcel Paul Tabuteau-Guérineau (1887-1966), oboist; married [1934] to Louise André (1892-1973), French teacher
  • André Tabuteau-Guérineau (1889-1970), fencing master, military sergeant, Marcel’s younger brother; married to Augusta Pery

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Early Family Photographs

Courtesy of Laila Storch and Guy Baumier, Tabuteau’s great-grandnephew
Tabuteau family, early 1890s
The Tabuteau Family: (l-r) François Tabuteau-Guerineau, Émile Létoffé, Marcel Tabuteau, Pauline Charlotte Létoffé née Tabuteau, Thérèse Létoffé, Esther Henriette (Germaine) Tabuteau, André Tabuteau, and Pauline Tabuteau née Malaquin; Compiègne, France; early 1890s
Family Photo
L/R: Germaine Tabuteau, Marcel Tabuteau, Marie Malaquin née Grumiaux (Marcel Tabuteau’s grandmother), Charlotte Létoffé née Tabuteau, Thérèse Létoffé, André Tabuteau
Family chamber group with Marcel on violin
An early group photograph showing Marcel playing violin (second from right) in the mid 1890s.
Marcel playing violin, his brother, André, playing clarinet, their niece, Thérèse, playing mandolin; Compiègne, France; 1898
A variation of the photo above
A variation of the photo above
Andre & Marcel, age 10
André (brother) and Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne, France; ca 1898.
Courtesy Claude Narcy
Marcel Tabuteau at his First Communion

A set of five photographs taken in 1903 at the home of Charlotte and Émile

Marcel, Thérèse, and Charlotte
Marcel, Thérèse, and Charlotte
Charlotte, Émile, Thérèse, and Marcel
Charlotte, Émile, Thérèse, and Marcel
Marcel, Thérèse, Albert George (Émile’s cousin), and Charlotte
Marcel, Thérèse, Albert George (Émile’s cousin), and Charlotte
Marcel, Albert George (Émile’s cousin), and Émile
Marcel, Albert George (Émile’s cousin), and Émile
(l-r) Unidentified, Marcel, Thérèse, Albert George (Émile’s cousin), Charlotte. Compiègne, France
Marcel Tabuteau at age 16. Compiègne, France; 1903
(l-r) Camille, Marcel, Émile, Charlotte, Thérèse. Compiègne, France; 1903
(l-r) Camille, Marcel, Émile, Charlotte, Thérèse. Compiègne, France; 1903
(l-r) Camille, Charlotte, Marcel, Thérèse, Albert Georges (Émile’s cousin). Compiègne, France; 1903
(l-r) Camille, Charlotte, Marcel, Thérèse, Albert George (Émile’s cousin). Compiègne, France; 1903
Tabuteau Family Photo
(l-r) Émile, Charlotte, Camille, Germaine, Marcel, André (In front l-r) Suzanne, Thérèse. Compiègne, France; 1904
Tabuteau Family Photo (l-r) Albert Georges (Émile’s cousin), Charlotte, François, Unidentified, Marcel, André. (In front) Thérèse. Compiègne, France; 1904
Tabuteau Family Photo (l-r) Albert George (Émile’s cousin), Charlotte, François, Unidentified, Marcel, André. (In front) Thérèse. Compiègne, France; 1904
Seated (l to r): Georges Gillet, Charlotte, Émile; Standing (l to r): Mme. Gillet, François, André. Compiègne, France, 1904
[Photo by Marcel?]
(l-r) Unidentified, Andre, Charlotte, Marcel (in military band uniform), unidentified, Thérèse, Émile (1907)
(l-r) Unidentified, Andre, Charlotte, Marcel (in military band uniform), unidentified, Thérèse, Émile (1907)

Later Family Photographs

Suzanne, Therese, Marcel, August in car
(l-r) Suzanne, daughter of Germaine and Camille Auxenfans; Thérèse (in the driver’s seat); Marcel (standing); Augusta, wife of André (sitting on the running-board). Marcel is proudly pointing to the stash of cane he no doubt selected.
Photo by André (date unknown).
Suzanne; Thérèse; André; Marcel
(l-r) Suzanne, Thérèse, André, Marcel, and the large bundle of cane in the rear. Photo by Augusta (date unknown). Guy Baumier informs us that Thérèse was one of the first women in France to have obtained a driver’s license, of which she was very proud!
Beach photos
Photos of a July 1923 day on the Sablettes beach at La-Seyne-sur-Mer, just south of Toulon (in the Var).
[Top left] (l-r) Thérèse, Marcel, Augusta, André, Suzanne
[Top right] (l-r) Thérèse, Suzanne, Augusta
[Bottom] (l-r) Thérèse, Suzanne, Marcel, André, Augusta, Champagne(!)
Émile, Marcel, François, Charlotte
Émile, Marcel, François, Charlotte
Emile, Charlotte, Marcel, and François
Emile, Charlotte, Marcel, and François
Marcel with his sister, Charlotte
Marcel with his sister, Charlotte
Thérèse, Marcel, and Thérèse’s daughter Nicole
Thérèse, Marcel, and Thérèse’s daughter Nicole
Louise and Marcel with Marcel’s mother, Pauline Compiègne, France; late 1930s
André, Augusta, Marcel, Louise
André, Augusta, Marcel, Louise
André, Augusta, Marcel
André, Augusta, Marcel (photo by Louise)
Louise and Marcel Tabuteau with nephew François Létoffé and wife Hélène; Compiègne, France; 1950s
Louise and Marcel Tabuteau with nephew François Létoffé and wife Hélène; Compiègne, France; 1950s. Courtesy Claude Narcy
Marcel and Louise Tabuteau in 1951 with Marcel’s great-niece, Claude
André and Marcel Tabuteau, Toulon, France; 1956. Photo by Laila Storch

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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.