“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: Double bassoon, piano
Item no.: 246641
for: 2 bassoons [cellos], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 684748
Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
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
A Developmental Guide for Brass Wind Musicians
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 560308
for all Musicians
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 605605
3 Vortragsstücke
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 723089
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
Ausgabe für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 273224
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 266751
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 205842
for: Wind instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1550356
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198022
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
Confidence-boosting strategies for musicians
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 350043
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 266056
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 200574
for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1852
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 116564
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 619346
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109240
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 120487
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 184971
Arie "Ombra mai fu" aus der Oper "Xerxes"
bearbeitet für Violoncello / Fagott und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Cello [bassoon], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2352
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178117
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101466
for Bassoon and Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 266826
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 612149
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 214017
easy to play duets
thirty popular melodies
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 185667
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 380414
Schule
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431126
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
Exercises for the organization and discipline of daily study of the bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 832297
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 406416
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 368935
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 173560
Second Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 377120
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267139
Jazz Book
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
Klassik
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266853
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 138631
A Theory Text for Jazz Composition and Improvisation
for bass clef instruments
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403592
Jazz Scales & Patterns in all 12 Keys
Phrase like a pro!
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
My System
for: Bassoon
Study book (without notes)
Item no.: 768689
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 551911
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 184952