Marcel Tabuteau taught in Philadelphia at the Curtis Institute of Music and privately. During the season in Philadelphia and summers in France, as well as in his retirement there, he accepted private students on a limited basis. Listed below, both chronologically and alphabetically, are those who studied oboe with Marcel Tabuteau at Curtis and privately, followed by his Curtis teaching schedule. If you are aware of omissions or needed corrections, please click Submissions so we can update the information.
NOTE: The editorial board has undertaken an initiative to provide examples of the playing of Tabuteau students. To access, click on a number link following the student’s name. That will take you to the relevant YouTube video location.
OBOE STUDENTS OF MARCEL TABUTEAU AT THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC 1925-1954 (graduating and non-graduating)
The date(s) following each name indicate the year(s) of study at Curtis.
Listing by Year
Llewellyn Reynolds, 1925-1926 (partial year)
Guy Shortz, 1925-1926 (partial year)
Adrian Siegel, 1925-1927 (partial 2 years)
Lloyd Ullberg, 1925-1928
Bernard Raphael Glaser, 1925-1929
Abraham Krupnick, 1927-1928 (partial year)
Frederick Compton, 1927-1928
Paul Bartholomew, 1928-1930
Robert Bloom, 1928-1931 (Diploma issued in 1935)
Robert Hester, 1928-1931
Sidney Divinsky, 1929-1932
Harold Gomberg, 1929-1935 (Diploma)
John Rigano, 1930-1931
Isadore Goldblum, 1930-1933
Arno Mariotti, 1930-1934
John Minsker, 1931-1935 (Diploma)
Rhadames Angelucci, 1931-1936 (Diploma)
Abe London, 1932-1936
Leo Esral, 1934-1935
Harry Shulman, 1934-1937 (Diploma)
Don Cassel, 1935-1936
Edmund Jurgensen, 1935-1936
Livingston Gearhart, 1935-1937
William Kosinski, 1935-1937
Martin Fleisher, 1935-1938 (Diploma)
Robert Kosinski, 1935-1938
William Vitelli, 1935-1939
Joseph Lukatsky, 1936-1937
John de Lancie, 1936-1940 (Diploma)
Charles Gilbert, 1936-1940 (Diploma)
Perry Bauman, 1936-1941 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2, 3
Ralph Gomberg, 1937-1941 (Diploma)
Victor Molzer, 1938-1939
Kenneth Van der Heuvel, 1939-1940
Robert Davison, 1939-1942
Thelma Neft (Geller), 1939-1942
MacLean Snyder, 1939-1942
David Serrins, c. 1940
Charles Morris, 1940-1942
William Criss, 1941-1942
Laila Storch (Friedmann), 1943-1945 (Diploma)
Marguerite Smith (Anderson), 1943-1946
Martha Scherer (Alfee), 1943-1947 (Bachelor of Music)
Charles Edmunds, 1944-1948
Marc Lifschey, 1946-1948 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2
George Thomas, 1947-1948
Laurence Thorstenberg, 1947-1950 (Bachelor of Music in 1951)
Walter Bianchi, 1948-1949
John Mack, 1948-1951 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2, 3
Louis Rosenblatt, 1948-1951 (Diploma)
Donald (Dominique-René) de Lerma, 1949-1950 (partial year)
Felix Kraus, 1950-1952
Alfred Genovese, 1950-1953 (Diploma)
Wilbur Isaac Hilles, 1951-52
Donald Hefner, 1952-1954
Theodore Heger, 1952-1954
Stewart Davis, 1953-1954 (partial year)
Richard Kanter, 1953-1954 (Diploma in 1957 under John de Lancie)
(57 total) None living
Alphabetical Listing
Rhadames Angelucci, 1931-1936 (Diploma)
Paul Bartholomew, 1928-1930
Perry Bauman, 1936-1941 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2, 3
Walter Bianchi, 1948-1949
Robert Bloom, 1928-1931 (Diploma issued in 1935)
Don Cassel, 1935-1936
Frederick Compton, 1927-1928
William Criss, 1941-1942
Stewart Davis, 1953-1954 (partial year)
Robert Davison, 1939-1942
John de Lancie, 1936-1940 (Diploma)
Donald (Dominique-René) de Lerma, 1949-1950 (partial year)
Sidney Divinsky, 1929-1932
Charles Edmunds, 1944-1948
Leo Esral, 1934-1935
Martin Fleisher, 1935-1938 (Diploma)
Livingston Gearhart, 1935-1937
Alfred Genovese, 1950-1953 (Diploma)
Charles Gilbert, 1936-1940 (Diploma)
Bernard Raphael Glaser, 1925-1929
Isadore Goldblum, 1930-1933
Harold Gomberg, 1929-1935 (Diploma)
Ralph Gomberg, 1937-1941 (Diploma)
Donald Hefner, 1952-1954
Theodore Heger, 1952-1954
Robert Hester, 1928-1931
Wilbur Isaac Hilles, 1951-52
Edmund Jurgensen, 1935-1936
Richard Kanter, 1953-1954 (Diploma in 1957 under John de Lancie)
Robert Kosinski, 1935-1938
William Kosinski, 1935-1937
Felix Kraus, 1950-1952
Abraham Krupnick, 1927-1928 (partial year)
Marc Lifschey, 1946-1948 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2
Abe London, 1932-1936
Joseph Lukatsky, 1936-1937
John Mack, 1948-1951 (Diploma); Excerpts: 1, 2, 3, 4
Arno Mariotti, 1930-1934
John Minsker, 1931-1935 (Diploma)
Victor Molzer, 1938-1939
Charles Morris, 1940-1942
Thelma Neft (Geller), 1939-1942
Llewellyn Reynolds, 1925-1926 (partial year)
John Rigano, 1930-1931
Louis Rosenblatt, 1948-1951 (Diploma)
Martha Scherer (Alfee), 1943-1947 (Bachelor of Music)
David Serrins c. 1940
Guy Shortz, 1925-1926 (partial year)
Harry Shulman, 1934-1937 (Diploma)
Adrian Siegel, 1925-1927 (partial 2 years)
Marguerite Smith (Anderson), 1943-1946
MacLean Snyder, 1939-1942
Laila Storch (Friedmann), 1943-1945 (Diploma)
George Thomas, 1947-1948
Laurence Thorstenberg, 1947-1950 (Bachelor of Music in 1951)
Lloyd Ullberg, 1925-1928
Kenneth Van der Heuvel, 1939-1940
William Vitelli, 1935-1939
(57 total) None living
The above information was kindly provided by Kristina Wilson, Archivist at the Curtis Institute of Music.
PRIVATE OBOE STUDENTS OF MARCEL TABUTEAU (one or more lessons)
List does not include Curtis students who also studied privately.
The date(s) following each name indicate the year(s) when lessons were taken. Some dates are approximate since no official records were kept.
Listing by Year
Philip Kirchner, c. 1910 (Tabuteau’s first student in the US); Excerpts: 1, 2
Ernest Serpentini, 1917-?
Lewis Raho, ca. 1918-?
Julien Shanis, 1923
Joseph Wolfe, c. 1929
Max Weinstein, c. 1930
Nick Lannutti, 1930s
Charles McKee, c. 1930s
Clyde Roller, 1937
William Arrowsmith, mid-1940s
Bert Gassman, mid-1940s
Bernie Poland, mid-1940s
Earl Schuster, 1941-1945
Raymond Dusté, c. 1942-45
Robert Lehrfeld, c. 1942-45
David Serrins, c. 1942-45
Robert Zupnik, 1943; Excerpts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Jane Pearce (Bauer), 1949
Marjorie Jackson [France], 1950-?
Richard Blair, early 1950s
David Ledet, early 1950s
Daniel Stolper, 1950-1952
Waldemar Wolsing [France], summers 1950 & 1953
Paul Tofte-Hansen [France], summer mid-1950s
Erik Hovaldt [France], summer mid-1950s
Arthur Jensen [France], summer 1951
Earnest Harrison, 1951-1954
Wayne Rapier [USA] 1951-1954; [France] two summers in the early sixties
Joan Browne (Shallin, Champie)*, 1952-54
Stevens Hewitt, 1953
Grover Schiltz, 1953
Marion Norcross,* 1954
Frank Stalzer [France], 1954-1955
Marc Mostovoy* [France], summers 1962-1964 (Conducting)
Donald Baker* [France], summer 1963
David Dutton* [France], summer 1963
Jorgen Hammergaard [France], summer 1963
Joseph Robinson* [France], summer 1963
David McGuire* [France], fall 1963 – spring 1964
Adrian Gnam* [France], summer 1965
Rowland Floyd [France], autumn – winter 1965
(35 total)
*Living
Alphabetical Listing
William Arrowsmith, mid-1940s
Donald Baker* [France], summer 1963
Richard Blair, early 1950s
Joan Browne (Shallin, Champie)*, 1952-54
Raymond Dusté, c. 1942-45
David Dutton* [France], summer 1963
Rowland Floyd [France], autumn – winter 1965
Bert Gassman, mid-1940s
Adrian Gnam* [France], summer 1965
Jorgen Hammergaard [France], summer 1963
Earnest Harrison, 1951-1954
Stevens Hewitt, 1953
Erik Hovaldt [France], summer mid-1950s
Marjorie Jackson [France], 1950-?
Arthur Jensen [France], summer 1951
Philip Kirchner, 1910; Excerpts: 1, 2
Nick Lannutti, 1930s
David Ledet, early 1950s
Robert Lehrfeld, c. 1942-45
David McGuire* [France], fall 1963 – spring 1964
Charles McKee, c. 1930s
Marc Mostovoy* [France], summers 1962-1964 (Conducting)
Marion Norcross,* 1954
Jane Pearce (Bauer), 1949
Bernie Poland, mid-1940s
Lewis Raho, ca. 1918-?
Wayne Rapier [USA] 1951-1954; [France] two summers in the early sixties
Joseph Robinson* [France], summer 1963
Clyde Roller, 1937
Grover Schiltz, 1953
Earl Schuster, 1941-1945
Ernest Serpentini, 1917-?
David Serrins, c. 1942-45
Julien Shanis, 1923
Frank Stalzer [France], 1954-1955
Daniel Stolper, 1950-1952
Paul Tofte-Hansen [France], summer mid-1950s
Max Weinstein, c. 1930
Joseph Wolfe, c. 1929
Waldemar Wolsing [France], summers 1950 & 1953
Robert Zupnik, 1943; Excerpts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(35 total)
*Living
The above information kindly provided by Laila Storch.
Additional Curtis Information
Tabuteau’s weekly teaching schedule at Curtis (see below) shows the number of oboe students he taught each year and the length of lessons.
In addition to his oboe students at the Curtis Institute, Tabuteau coached and conducted wind ensembles, string ensembles, the Curtis orchestra, and more. The chart below shows his teaching/coaching schedule for various groups.
Marcel Tabuteau Collection (MSS 12), Curtis Institute of Music Archives