“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.
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233833
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233672
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218814
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217918
in 12 different styles
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279916
Op. 39
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279787
Op. 128
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279622
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274954
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278673
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278582
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278462
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274371
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274204
für Fagott
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1688049
2 Fagotte & Klavier (Organ)
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 594039
2 Fagotte & Klavier (Organ)
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 594036
and piano (organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593930
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593766
2 Fagotte & Klavier (Organ)
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 593714
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593674
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593545
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593401
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251560
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251123
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252400
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252302
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252298
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252297
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252294
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252258
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252244
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253471
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253451
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253450
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253433
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253424
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253284
Op. 45
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279989
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250855
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219858
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219708
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1220636
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221620
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242483
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242428
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240974
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240929
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244708
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