“There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears, That in billions of years, I shall certainly hit on a tune.” Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician & Philosopher.
Don’t be a baboon on the bassoon. Browse our sheet music, tuition books and scores, and let us help you “hit on a tune” today!
The bassoon has a very similar history and development to that of the oboe. It came from the Dulcian, around the time that the Shawm was beginning to be replaced by the oboe. In Italy in the late 17th Century, it was named the Fagotto, in France the Fagottez, and in England the Bassoon.
Played using a double-reed, the bassoon is usually made out of European Maple wood, and has a conical bore which doubles back on itself, making the pitch deeper. It originally had just three or four keys, but during the 18th Century, it began to have six keys. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto for example, was written for a model with six keys.
At the turn of the 19th Century, bassoons had eight keys, and during the following years, many more keys were added, and two models emerged, the German Heckel Style and the French Buffet Style. These are the two models on which our modern day bassoons are based.
Exercises to improve Breath Control and Airflow
for Band, Chorus and Orchestral Winds
Focus on music
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 491673
Confidence-boosting strategies for musicians
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 350043
Exercises for the organization and discipline of daily study of the bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 832297
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 173560
A Theory Text for Jazz Composition and Improvisation
for bass clef instruments
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403592
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 266056
für Fagott und Orgel
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 694368
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 475543
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 253866
for: 2 bassoons [cellos]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 200269
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101462
for: 3–4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 488669
Selected Pieces for two bassoons
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 133488
for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1016997
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 763416
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267287
per fagotto solo, orchestra d'archi e due corni
Riduzione per fagotto e pianoforte
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 388454
Drei Stücke für Fagott solo
Reihe: Fagott-Bibliothek
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 169154
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 444524
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 603152
Jazz
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 489303
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
Magnetisch
for: Instrument
Bookmark
Item no.: 681408
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 392644
6 Preludes and 7 Sonatas for bassoon and b.c.
Dolce suono
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013494
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 561484
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 172052
für Fagott, Streicher und Cembalo
Urtext
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 621608
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 145226
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 289858
for: Bassoon [cello], piano
Item no.: 200378
pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
Concertino
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392652
Ten authentic jazz standards
Hal Leonard Big Band Play Along 7
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497705
ars instrumentalis 032
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 109112
(Winds)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 183782
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 394286
Tomo 67
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 262500
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 286349
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 321538
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778790
for: Trombone [baritone horn/bassoon], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 278847
für drei Fagotte
(original für zwei Oboen und Englischhorn)
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664324
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 285170
Solo-Konzert
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 621327
Fanna VIII,no.6 - PV 137
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607706
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562690