Jiří Tancibudek (1921-2004)
Papers and scores
MSS 0169
Series 5: Writings/research
36 cm
5.1. PhD
In the 1960s Jiří commenced research towards a PhD on ‘The Oboe, historical, technical and critical considerations.’ He later changed his research to concentrate on the aesthetical aspect of oboe performance (see letter to Christian Schneider 16/10/1973 in PhD correspondence/questionnaire file)
Correspondence / questionnaire
Includes drafts of questionnaire forms and accompanying letters, in English and German; responses to questionnaires including Michele Visai (via Margaret Downing), Hans Hadamowsky, Alf Nilsson, Christian Schneider, and Hans Georg Jacobi ca 1971-73
Ms notes / research
- [Miscellaneous] Thesis plan, ms notes, photocopied source materials
- Bibliography: Ms list of references
- Oboe tone: Ms and typescript notes, draft chapter, comments
- Articulation: Ms notes, copy of ‘Problems of articulation for wind-players when reproducing works of Mozart / Karl Öhlberger (1970?, 3 p.), photocopied source materials
- The reed: Ms notes
- Style & vibrato: typescript and ms notes, mainly in Czech
- Style: Article on Boulez and the Philharmonic; ms notes; programs for Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Staatliche Hocschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau, The Royal Philharmonic Society / Bach Concerto in D Minor
- Appreciation – expressive power: ms notes, typescript drafts of Chapter I ‘Character and expressive power of oboe’, ms scores
Musical examples (ms scores and notes)
- ‘musical examples for various chapters’
Categories (see table in Style & vibrato folder)
- expression
- dramatic
- melancholic
- pastoral – ‘idyllical’
- exotic-oriental
- brilliant- virtuoso
- lighthearted – gracious
- folkloristic
- descriptive – humorous
Notebooks:
- ‘Manuscript book no. 1.’ Includes Thoughts for consideration …, notes from sources, notes on chapters/themes, notes on tutors and teaching; index of references in back of notebook
- ‘Manuscript book no. 2.’ Mainly blank, some ms notes in English and Czech.
- Ms index to PhD
- ‘PhD?’ Music ms book containing pencil scores.
Photocopied source materials on baroque oboe technique, interpretation etc.
Article on reed cutting technique: “Tajemství hobojového strojku” / Miroslav Hošek, ‘Hudební Nastroje’ 4/5/6/(1975), with separate diagrams and 6 photographs of Arundo donax cane
5.2. Other writings
Article: ‘Impressions of American Woodwind Players’ / Jiří Tancibudek (Woodwind World, April 1958, p. 5 (3 copies)
Article: ‘Oboe and the Human Voice’ / Jiří Tancibudek, computer printout, 18/10/2003. Also photocopied article from Double Reed 2/4 1980.
“Letter (extraits) écrite par Jiří Tancibudek, transmise par le professeur Mihule et traduite du tchèque par Madame Alamy” Dossier [not dated]
5.3. Works on oboe method
Theodor Niemann. Schule für Oboe: method for the oboe. Frankfurt-Main: Wilhelm Zimmermann, n.d. Parts 1 & 2 9zimmermann-Schule nr. 115-16.
Evelyn Rothwell. The Oboist’s companion. Oxford University Press, 1974-76. Inscribed from the author to Jiří Tancibudek.
Szeszler Tibor. Oboaiskola + Oboenschule = Oboe method. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1970. Part 1. [Scores with piano accompaniment]
Adolf Kubát-Václav Smetáček. Škola hry na hoboj. Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi: Krasne Literatury, Hudby a Umeni, n.d. Inscribed by the aurthor to Jiří Tancibudek, 1957.
Miroslav Hošek. Škola pro nejmladši hobojisty. 1. Dil, 3. Dil-1 část. [Photocopy of ms, dedicated to Tancibudek] With typescript text: Úvod do poznání nových možností hry na hoboj. (V Olomouci, 1985. 40 p.) and typescript bibliography of oboe works.
J. Küffner. Oboe-Schule = Oboe-tutor. Londres: Schott & Co. et al., [1895?] Photocopy.
