Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Wayne Rapier

An undated note from Marcel Tabuteau to Wayne Rapier, and a Western Union telegram dated January 5, 1966, from Louise Tabuteau to Wayne asking him to inform Robert Fountain (Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music) that Tabuteau had died. Tabuteau was in the process of making arrangements to teach at Oberlin (among other endeavors) the coming fall.
An undated note from Marcel Tabuteau to Wayne Rapier, and a Western Union telegram dated January 5, 1966, from Louise Tabuteau to Wayne asking him to inform Robert Fountain (Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music) that Tabuteau had died. Tabuteau was in the process of making arrangements to teach at Oberlin (among other endeavors) the coming fall.
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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.