Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Bach: Liturgical Works

The following works performed by Marcel Tabuteau all contain important oboe solos or an extended role for principal oboe. The pieces are organized by BWV number.

Cantata: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
No. 10. Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
(Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)

October 13, 1947

B Minor Mass, BWV 232 (Excerpts)

February 22, 1924 (Toronto)
BWV 232 February 22, 1924 (Toronto)

B Minor Mass, BWV 232

December 13 (Princeton), 14, 15, 18 (Carnegie Hall), 1934

B Minor Mass, BWV 232 (Excerpts)

May 21, 1938 (White Plains, NY)
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B Minor Mass, BWV 232 (Gloria)

October 12, 1944

B Minor Mass, BWV 232 (Kyrie and Gloria)

January 12, 1948

B Minor Mass, BWV 232

May 1, 1953 (Ann Arbor, MI)

Magnificat, BWV 243

March 4, 1937 (Scottish Rite Temple, Philadelphia)
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Magnificat, BWV 243

May 5, 1950 (Ann Arbor, MI)
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Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Excerpts)

March 29, 30, 31, 1917

Matthew Passion, BWV 244

March 13, 14, 16, 1931 (Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA)
Matthew Passion, BWV 244 March 13, 14, 16, 1931 (Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA)

Matthew Passion, BWV 244

October 22, 1940 (Worcester, MA)
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Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Excerpts)

March 23 (New Brunswick, NJ)
March 28, 29, April 1 (Carnegie Hall)
April 7 (Baltimore, MD)
April 8 (Washington, DC), 1941

Matthew Passion, BWV 244

March 23, 1951 (New Brunswick, NJ)
[Tabuteau may not have played this concert]
BWV244-1951

Matthew Passion, BWV 244

October 22, 1952 (Worcester, MA)

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Excerpt)

December 22, 23, 1922
BWV 248-1922

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Excerpt)

December 24, 26, 29, 1936

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Excerpt)

December 26, 27, 1941
BWV248-1941-s

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Excerpt)

December 23, 27, 28 (Washington, DC), 29 (Baltimore, MD), 1948

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Excerpt)

January 25, 26, 29 (Washington, DC ), 30 (Baltimore, MD), 1952
[Tabuteau may not have played these concerts]
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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.