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Oboists Flashcards

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John De Lancie

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1921-2002
Studied with Tabuteau
Philadelphia Associate (1947-1954), Principal (1954-1977)
Oboe Professor at Curtis

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Marcel Tabuteau

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1887-1966
Philadelphia Principal (1915-1954)
Oboe Professor at Curtis

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Ray Still

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Studied with Robert Bloom and Bruno Labate
Chicago Assistant Principal (1953)
Chicago Principal (1954-1993)
Taught as Northwestern (1960-2003)

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Laila Storch

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Wrote Tabuteau Book
First Woman to graduate from Curtis on oboe
Former Professor at University of Washington Seattle

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Ralph Gomberg

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1921-2006
Harold Gomberg's younger brother
Studied with Tabuteau
Help found the NY Woodwind Quintet
BSO principal 1950-1987
Taught at Boston University, the Peabody Institute, and the New England Conservatory
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Robert Bloom

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1908-1994
Studied with Tabuteau
Taught at Yale
Philadelphia Orchestra Assistant First and Solo English Horn 1930-1935
Led a revival of Baroque oboe music
Taught at Eastman (1936-1937), Yale (1957-1976), Hartt (1967-1975), MSM (1967-1972), Juilliard (1973-1981), and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts (1978-1985)

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Georges Gillet

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1854-1920
Taught at the Paris Conservatoire from 1882-1919
Wrote the Gillet Etudes
Encouraged Francois Loree to set up his own shop, and collaborated with him on designing his oboes. Eventually made a contract with Loree to have him provide oboes for the conservatoire.

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Fernand Gillet

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Nephew and student of George’s Gillet
BSO 1925-1946
NEC

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Blaine Edlefsen

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Studied with Robert Sprenkle
U of I
Founding member of IDRS

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Alex Klein

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Studied with James Caldwell and Richard Woodhams
Chicago Principal (1995-2004)
Renowned soloist
Taught at Oberlin

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Peter Cooper

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Principal Colorado Symphony
Former Associate Principal at SF Symphony
Studied with Gladys Elliot and Ray Still

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Eugene Izotov

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Former Chicago Principal (2005-2015)

SF Symphony Principal (2015-present)

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Harold Gomberg

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1916-1985
Studied with Tabuteau
NY Phil Principal (1943-1977)
Taught at Juilliard

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Evelyn Barbirolli (Rothwell)

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1911-2008
English
Wife of conductor John Barbirolli
Method books “Oboe Technique” and three-volume “The Oboist’s Companion”

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William Criss

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LA

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David Weiss

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LA Phil Principal

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Arianna Ghez

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LA Phil Principal

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Fernand Gillet

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French
Nephew and Student of Georges Gillet
BSO Principal 1925-1946

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Leon Goosens

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Fernand Gillet

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James Caldwell

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1938-2006

Taught at Oberlin since 1971

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Richard Woodhams

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Studied with John de Lancie, John Mack, and Robert Bloom
Philadelphia Orchestra (1977-present)
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McEwan

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Canadian
Studied at Curtis
BSO 1996-present

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Alfred Laubin

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1906-1976
Oboist and Oboe Maker
Studied with Gillet

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McEwan

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Alfred Laubin

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Oboe Maker

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Marc Lifschey

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1926-2000
Studied with Tabuteau and Fernand Gillet
Cleveland Orchestra Principal 1950-1965
SF Symphony Principal 1965-1986
Taught at SF Conservatory and at Indiana
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Jerome Roth

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NY Phil Second oboe 1961-?
NY Wind Quintet 1951-1961
(has made a number of transcriptions of string quartets and Bach organ works for wind quintet)

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John Mack

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1927-2006
Studied with Tabuteau, Labate, Storch, Minsker, and Harold Gomberg
Cleveland Principal 1965-2001
Taught at Louisiana State University, Hartt, and Juilliard
Began the John Mack oboe camp to give more people access to great oboe teaching

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Wayne Rapier

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1930-2005
Studied with Tabuteau, Sprenkle
BSO Oboist 1970-1995
Oboe Professor at the New England Conservatory 1972-c. 1995
Recorded Tabuteau's lessons
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Louis Rosenblatt

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1928-2009
Studied with Tabuteau and John Minsker
Philadelphia English Horn for 36 years
Taught at Temple University, Tanglewood, and the Juilliard School

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Joseph Robinson

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b. 1940
Studied with Tabuteau (the last American student to study with him) and Mack
NY Phil Principal 1978-2005
Taught at MSM, University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, Duke, and Lynn University

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Wayne Rapier

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1930-2005
Studied with Tabuteau, Sprenkle
BSO Oboist 1970-1995
Oboe Professor at the New England Conservatory 1972-c. 1995
Founded Boston Record
Recorded Tabuteau's lessons
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John Ferillo

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Studied with John de Lancie
BSO Principal 2001-present
Met Principal 1986-2001
SF Symphony second oboe 1985-1986
Teaches at NEC, Boston U, and Tanglewood
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Keisuke Wakao

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Studied with Joseph Robinson

BSO Assistant Principal 1990-present

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Robert Sheena

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Studied with Ray Still

BSO English horn 1994-present

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Elaine Douvas

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Met Principal

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Liang Wang

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Studied with Richard Woodhams

NY Phil Principal (2006-present)

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Thomas Stacy

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NY Phil EH 1972-2010

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William Bennett

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SF Symphony 1979-1987, 1987-2013

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Alfred Genovese

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Studied with Tabuteau
Met principal 1960-1977
BSO 1977-1987, 1987-1998

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