Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

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Marcel Tabuteau and his brother André have teen-age fun practicing the high jump.
Marcel Tabuteau and his brother André have teen-age fun practicing the high jump. André maintained his interest in sports and eventually became a fencing master. Photos courtesy of Guy Baumier.

L-R: Daniel Bonade, his wife, Maud, Marcel Tabuteau, and Lucien Calliet in Ocean City NJ, c. 1919. On the reverse of the photograph, the diminutive Maud writes in French that she feels like a giant, too [probably a double-entendre].

L-R: Daniel Bonade, his wife, Maud, Marcel Tabuteau, and Lucien Calliet in Ocean City NJ, c. 1919.
Back of photo

From the Jerry Pierce Collection on Daniel Bonade, International Clarinet Association Research Center, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland.

Tabuteau ‘out west’ (Arizona) in 1936
Tabuteau ‘out west’ (Arizona) in 1936 sporting full dude ranch regalia during a tour with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Photo by Don Keller, Phoenix, Arizona.

Fishing in Canada at Cape Breton (see Marcel Tabuteau from a Different Angle)

Tabuteau at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Tabuteau at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Taken during the war years of the 1940s when he could not return to France.
With salmon
Good catch!
With Ralph & Fish
abuteau with a good catch at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Tabuteau with a good catch at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
A 1940s color photograph of Tabuteau in Canada
A good catch!’ A 1940s color photograph of Tabuteau in Canada where he spent his summers during the war years

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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.