Due to Marcel Tabuteau’s profound influence on classical music performance in America during the twentieth century (and beyond), he and his ‘method’ have garnered much attention. Below are links to videos, podcasts, websites, et al., that contain information about Tabuteau and/or his teaching. Click where indicated for access. If there are other Tabuteau-related sites that you believe should be added here, please click Submissions so we may update the list.
Laila Storch
An important video of Laila Storch speaking at the 1996 IDRS conference in Tallahassee, Florida, about Marcel Tabuteau’s distinguished career. Most of the music excerpts can be accessed here for better fidelity.
Theodore Heger
The two interviews below by Lora Lynn Snow are of Theodore Heger, one of Tabuteau’s last oboe students at the Curtis Institute of Music. Heger presents an historical overview of the musical era in the United States during the period when Marcel Tabuteau was playing in the Philadelphia Orchestra and teaching at Curtis. References to Tabuteau occur throughout the interviews.
In the second video, Heger discusses reed-making in the ‘American Tradition’ as established by Tabuteau and his colleagues in the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Jorge Bolet
The following video is an 1985 interview of Cuban pianist Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) by Roy Plomley in the BBC series “Desert Island Discs.” Bolet assisted Tabuteau in his wind classes at the Curtis Institute for four years. References to Tabuteau are found from 6:16 through 8:35 (including an excerpt from The Swan of Tuonela).
Terry Elwell
Bassoonist Terry Elwell uses numbers, as did Tabuteau, to teach his method of musical phrasing. Tabuteau is referenced at 2:07.
Stanley Drucker
This video is an interview of clarinetist Stanley Drucker by Mitchell Estrin. Drucker was a student in Tabuteau’s wind ensemble classes at the Curtis Institute in the early 1940s. References to Tabuteau begin at 10:06.
David Fedderly
The following video is an interview of tubist David Fedderly by Michael Grose. Fedderly studied tuba with Arnold Jacobs who was a student in Tabuteau’s wind ensemble classes at the Curtis Institute in the 1930s. References to Tabuteau are found from 18:22 through 24:59.
Peter Wahrhaftig
Yet another interview made by Michael Grose, this one is of tubist Peter Wahrhaftig. Wahrhaftig studied tuba with Arnold Jacobs who was a student in Tabuteau’s wind ensemble classes at the Curtis Institute in the 1930s. References to Tabuteau are found from 15:53 through 19:38.
Mariaceli Navarro Salerno
A discussion in Spanish of the Tabuteau System by Mariaceli Salerno.
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
A video performance of a commissioned work by Alyssa Morris in memory of Laila Storch. The opening dialogue gives credit to Marcel Tabuteau: “He is known as creator of the American style of oboe playing.”
Leopold Stokowski rehearses the Philadelphia Orchestra in a short passage of Beethoven's 5th Symphony in this brief newsreel clip from 1934
Tabuteau can be seen from 19 to 37 seconds.
Eugene Ormandy Family Home Movies: Film 46
Marcel Tabuteau (1:01-1:34); Louise Tabuteau (1:34 & 3:59)
The Lasting Influence of Marcel Tabuteau
Marcel Tabuteau: Revue de l’Association Française du Hautbois (website)
http://marcel.tabuteau.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html
Inaccessible at this time.
Lubozhutz & Nemenoff, Tabuteau, and the Future of Classical Music Video by Thomas Wolf (blog)
A Landsman: Alain Vlamynck (blog)
Reed Talk Interviews
Episode 17: Marilyn Zupnik (Tabuteau referenced 5′ 07″ to 5′ 45″; 6′ 07″ to 6′ 45″; 8′ 52″ to 10′ 10″; 10′ 42″ to 10′ 50″; 13′ 54″ to 14′ 01″; 19′ 47″ to 19′ 58″; 29′ 27″ to 29′ 38″; 33′ 46″ to 37′ 40″; 39′ 00″ to 39′ 15″)
Slipped Disk (blog)
PHILADELPHIA LOSES PRINCIPAL OBOE (October 23, 2017)
CANADA MOURNS A FOUNDING OBOIST (October 29, 2017)
BOSTON MOURNS AN ENGLISH HORN, 93 (February 06, 2019)
BREAKING: PHILLY FINDS A FRENCH OBOE, AFTER ALL (February 19, 2020)
THIS TRAILBLAZING OBOIST IS 100 TODAY AND STILL PLAYING (February 28, 2021)