Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Oboe and Piano

Performed

Tabuteau performed the following works for his exams at the Paris Conservatoire. The dates are noted.

November 13, 1902 (audition): Paladilhe, Émile. Solo de Concours pour Hautbois et Piano.

Early 1903 (exam): Vogt, Gustave. 4ème concertino pour hautbois avec accompagnement de piano (2nd & 3rd mvts. – Adagio & Finale).

June 22, 1903 (final exam): Comtesse de Grandval, Marie.  Concerto pour Hautbois, Op. 7 (1st mvt. – Allegro moderato).

July ?, 1903 (concours): Dallier, Henri. Fantaisie-caprice pour Hautbois et Piano; (Sight-reading piece unknown)

January ?, 1904 (exam): Busser, Henri. Pièce en si bémol, Op. 22.

June 21, 1904 (final exam): Colin, Charles. Grande fantaisie concertante, Op. 47.

July 28, 1904 (concours): Diémer, Louis. Legende, Op. 52; Diémer, Louis. Moderato (Sight-reading piece); 1st Prize in Oboe.

Tabuteau’s additional performances with piano:

May 26, 1906. New York Symphony Concert at Willow Grove: Gaubert, Philippe. Deux Pièces pour Cor Anglais et Piano (1st mvt. – Romance).

March 26, 1943. Music Guild of Philadelphia. Fine, Vivian. Sonatina for Oboe and Piano.

March 26, 1943. Music Guild of Philadelphia. Handel, George Frederick. Oboe Concerto in G Minor.

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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.