Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Laila Storch’s Photos in France

Three of Laila’s photos taken during her trip to La Coustiéro in December of 1957

MT in France, 1957
Marcel Tabuteau trying various oboe bells on his patio
MT in France, 1957
Marcel Tabuteau trying various oboe bells on his patio
MT in France, 1957
Marcel Tabuteau practicing on his patio

Five of Laila’s color slides taken during her trip to Nice in December of 1962

Marcel Tabuteau posing on his balcony
Marcel Tabuteau posing on his balcony
Marcel Tabuteau practicing on his balcony
Marcel Tabuteau practicing on his balcony
Marcel Tabuteau posing in his apartment
Marcel Tabuteau posing in his apartment
Marcel Tabuteau trying two oboes
Marcel Tabuteau trying two oboes. He is fingering high C#
Marcel Tabuteau trying two oboes
Marcel Tabuteau trying two oboes

Three of Laila’s photos taken during her final trip to Nice in August of 1963

Marcel Tabuteau Playing on his balcony for Laila’s daughter, Aloysia
Marcel Tabuteau playing on his balcony for Aloysia, the daughter of Laila Storch and Martin Friedmann
Tabuteau Nice 1963
Tabuteau with Laila and Aloysia
Marcel Tabuteau on his balcony with Aloysia, the daughter of Laila Storch and Martin Friedmann
Tabuteau with Aloysia

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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.