“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.
Confidence-boosting strategies for musicians
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 350043
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
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 614049
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1059423
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 491677
Bass Clef Instrument Book
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
Item no.: 1215720
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 877735
für 3 Fagotte und Bc (oder 4 Fagotte)
(Bc ausgesetzt)
for: 3 bassoons, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 628485
Kompositionen und Bearbeitungen für zwei Fagotte
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1559144
Tonleitern und Akkorde in Moll
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 1208049
Choralpartita
for: Melodic instrument (C, B-flat, C Bass clef), organ
Score, solo part
Item no.: 461889
for Bass Clef Instruments
With Playback-CD (Bassschlüssel) (Bass clef)
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 583005
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 858386
Theme Pastoral March & Scherzo
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 321478
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 166524
easy to play duets
thirty popular melodies
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 185667
for: 1–3 Trombones [baritone horns (C bass clef), bassoons, tubas]
Music score, online media
Item no.: 691829
Twv 41:E5
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 614789
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 116564
for Bassoon, Strings, Basso Continuo (Piano reduction)
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 485783
Intermediate Band Method
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1692322
printed and digital edition with audio
Zongorakíséret
nyomtatott és digitális kiadás hangfelvétellel
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1355940
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1149569
Intermediate Method
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 298258
for Bassoon and Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1351710
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681362
for Bassoon (or Baritone Saxophone) and Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1023035
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193591
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838733
Klangübung
Studien über alle Dur-Tonarten
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 622103
Polyrythms – Rythmes simultaneous
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205063
Musiktheorie
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1317636
Workshop Musik
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 177361
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 197274
Studien und Übungen für alle Instrumente (dt/en/fr)
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 588767
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671665
Polka schnell
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215695
Op. 7/1
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215661
für fünf Fagotte und Vibraphon ad lib.
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon; vibraphone ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681858
for: Cello [viola/ bassoon], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 796802
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194934
Le Basson
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 833976
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1073665
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1072251
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1008668
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108326
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1167063
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1659024