Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

February 25, 26, March 24 (Wanamaker’s), 1920

December 16, 17, 20 (Carnegie Hall), 1921

November 12, 13, 16 (Carnegie Hall), 1926

November 2, 3, 6 (Carnegie Hall), 1928

October 31 (Children’s Concert), 1929

December 19, 20, 22, 1930

March 9, 10, 12, April 12 (Youth Concert), 1934

October 18, 19, 1935

Transcontinental Tour: April 13 – May 18, 1936

May 8 (Toronto), 1939

November 11 (Philadelphia Bar Association), 12 (Carnegie Hall), 1940

October 9, 10, 1942

March 31, April 2, 3 (Carnegie Hall), 1945

December 6 (Children’s – 3rd Movement), 1952

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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.