Important people in oboe history

	contributions to technique and tradition	contributions to instrument design and manufacture	associated repertoire/texts
Hotteterre late 1600’s France Philidor late 1600’s France Chedeville late 1600’s France		Families of musicians in employ of Louis XIV, thought to have developed the earliest true jointed oboes.
Besozzi 1700’s Italy Sammartini 1700’s Italy Loeillet 1700’s Belgium	Notable families of 18th-century oboists.
François Sallantin 1755-1830 France	Important pedagogue. Known especially for teaching Vogt.	Responsible for adding keys to improve C and F#; explained in Vogt’s tutor.	Dedicatee of Vogt Concerto.
Gustave Vogt 1781-1870 France	Important pedagogue. Leading oboe soloist of his day; also an orchestral musician. Student of Sallantin at Paris Cons. Later (1816-1853) taught there; students included Brod, Barret, Triebert, and Verroust.
Josef Sellner 1787-1843 Austria	Important pedagogue.	Active in development of the Viennese 13-key oboe, which would have been used in Beethoven’s 9th symphony.	Important 1825 tutor.
Henri Brod 1799-1839 Paris	Student of Vogt, and colleague in the Opera orchestra.	Probably first to add octave keys; extended range to low B; championed a straight English horn.
Guillaume, Charles, and Frederic Triebert Early 1800’s France		Father Guillaume, sons Charles and Frederic. Regarded as the finest oboe makers of their day; employed Francois Lorée as foreman.
Apollon Marie-Rose Barret c1803-1879 France	Important pedagogue.	Consultant to Triebert on oboe design.	Best known for his Complete Method (1862).
Francois Lorée 1835-1902 France		Oboe maker. Founded own workshop 1881 after working for Triebert as shop foreman. Made instruments favored by Gillet, who helped to develop the modern “conservatoire” oboe.
Georges Gillet 1854-1920 France	Important pedagogue. Orchestral player. 1881 became youngest-ever professor at Paris Conservatory. Taught Bas, Bleuzet, Tabuteau, and his nephew Fernand.	Established Triebert A6 as Conservatory-approved oboe model.	Wrote etudes.
Fritz Flemming 1872-1947 Germany	Noted for being the first to play a French oboe in a German orchestra; this instrument was preferred by conductor Richard Strauss.
Marcel Tabuteau 1887-1966 France, USA	Studied with Gillet at Paris Conservatory. 1905 joined New York Symphony Orchestra; 1908-1914 Met Opera; 1915-1954 Philadelphia Orchestra. From 1924 taught at Curtis Institute; passed on distinctive tone quality and style which influenced a generation of major American oboists.
Leon Goossens 1897-1988 England	Founder of the modern British school of oboe playing. Known for sweet tone and for pioneering vibrato as an essential part of modern oboe sound. A car accident damaged his teeth and lips; he painstakingly rebuilt his technique and continued his career.		Many works written for him, esp. by British composers: Vaughan Williams Concerto in A minor, Boughton Concerto No. 2, Britten Phantasy Quartet, Eugène Goossens Concerto, Cooke Sonata
John Mack 1927-2006 USA	Student of Gombert, Labate, and Tabuteau. 1925-2007 principal oboist of Cleveland Orchestra. Taught at Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard School.		Zwilich Oboe Concerto composed for his 25th anniversary with the Cleveland Orch.
Heinz Holliger 1939- Switzerland	Oboist, conductor and composer. Known for ability to move convincingly between style periods.		Dedicatee of Berio Sequenza VII (1969), Carter Concerto (1987), Henze Double Concerto (oboe/harp, 1966), Krenek Vier Stucke (1966), Lutosławski Concerto (oboe/harp, 1980), Martin Three Dances (oboe/harp, 1970), Penderecki Capriccio (1965), Pousseur Caractères madrigalesques (1966), Stockhausen Spiral (1968), Veress Passacaglia Concertante (1961), Yun, and more.
Yusef Lateef 1920- USA Bob Cooper 1925-1993 USA Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935-1977 USA Paul McCandless 1947- USA	Notable jazz oboists.
Robert Bloom 1908-1984 USA Joseph Marx 1913-1978 USA Robert Sprenkle 1914-1988 USA Harold Gomberg 1916-1985 USA Ray Still 1920- USA John de Lancie 1921-2002 USA Richard Woodhams 1949- USA Alex Klein 1964- Brazil, USA Humbert Lucarelli ?- USA Joseph Robinson ?- USA	Prominent 20th-century American oboists.

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