In Reply to: RE: Well, not exactly... posted by Brian Cheney on March 14, 2011 at 10:53:53:
but that's really secondary to his unique approach to phrasing and music-making in general, which he taught to oboists and non-oboists alike in his famous ensemble class at Curtis. Tabuteau, in turns out, influenced a whole generation of American musicians.Laila Storch's book gives an excellent outline of this phenomenon. The list of quotes from former members of the Philadelphia Orchestra and noted soloists reads like a Who's-Who of American music.
Most of them speak in glowing terms of how "Tabuteau changed my life", or "Without Tabuteau, I wouldn't be the musician I am today".
BTW, it's worth noting that Tabuteau devised his new way of making reeds after he had been in the U.S. for several years--probably in response to the sound he was hearing (and competing against) in Philly.
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