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Robert Bloom
Robert Bloom | |
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| Born | (1908-05-03)May 3, 1908 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 13, 1994(1994-02-13) (aged 85) Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Oboist, composer, arranger, teacher |
| Instrument | Oboe |
Musical artist
Robert Bloom (May 3, 1908 – February 13, 1994) was an oboist with an orchestral and solo career, a composer and arranger contributing to the oboe repertory, and a teacher of several successful oboists.[1] Bloom is considered seminal in the development of an American school of oboe playing.[2]
At the Curtis Institute of Music Bloom was a pupil of Marcel Tabuteau for three years.[2] In the 1930s he played English horn in the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski and first oboe in the Rochester Philharmonic under José Iturbi.[2] He was the principal oboe in Arturo Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1