“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.
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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.
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284690
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600910
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1632052
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600627
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603265
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662551
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569794
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569543
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571326
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 859426
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1128277
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575301
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575212
from Otello
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307616
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1631310
From Aida
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303048
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1579811
Donizettian Theme Opus 89 No. 4
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306749
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1306654
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1304358
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1304356
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306050
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240486
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631370
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313300
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313286
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313284
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313282
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607165
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606831
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1614629
for: Bassoon
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1281153
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603005
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602930
31 Titles
Junior Series
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 746393
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600780
Percussion optional
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600595
Percussion optional
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600516
inspired by When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290462
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1286436
from the Movie: Scent Of A Woman
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286721
16 Duets
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289608
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290180
Sound Spectacular
for: Trombone, baritone horn, bassoon, tuba [Winds class, youth concert band]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 691225
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599907
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599795
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599716
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599668
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