“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 and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Bb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1553280
3 Vortragsstücke
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 723089
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
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750571
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 (Trio)
bearbeitet für C-Instrument (tief) und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Trombone [bassoon/cello], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2039
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 792957
Bb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1553776
Arioso aus "Turandot"
bearbeitet für tiefes C-Instrument und Klavier
for: Cello [bassoon/trombone], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2595
after the uncompleted Sonata for viola and piano arranged and edited by Rainer Schottstädt
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732160
A Guide to Effective Practice
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 780143
Romanze des Wolfram aus der Oper Tannhäuser
for: Cello [bassoon/trombone], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1089
Arie des Sarastro aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Trombone [bassoon/cello], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1542
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 746744
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612464
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612463
for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1613170
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1562206
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612462
für zwei Violoncelli (Fagotte)
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3044
Version for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 758347
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630413
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630578
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663792
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613976
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614433
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614781
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597861
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614711
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1615062
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754357
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792050
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636532
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630486
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614881
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792030
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 795783
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596630
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640994
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1637133
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596525
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596469
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630463
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1615127
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 739599
C
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642341
Dm
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642323