“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: Bassethorn [bass clarinet/bassoon]
Music score
Item no.: 445083
Chester Woodwind Series
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 261642
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754350
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 758370
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792043
Erstdruck
for: 2 bassons, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1209920
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108368
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568233
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568317
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568914
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567098
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598235
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601012
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597178
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1593399
Musik für alle Gelegenheiten: Hochzeit, Geburtstag, Jubiläum, Begräbnis und andere besondere Feiern.
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633491
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614321
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614377
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614677
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613781
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 735993
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568971
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1072251
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792048
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663608
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792047
A Musical Adventure for Beginner Bassoonists
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768692
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614953
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1008668
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681861
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108326
for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 771205
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 1356538
for: Flute [oboe/ bassethorn/ bassoon], orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1676785
Vol.2: Trios Ix a XVI
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073173
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1689502
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668201
3 Fagotte
for: 3 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1659588
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1671251
Musik für alle Gelegenheiten: Hochzeit, Geburtstag, Jubiläum, Begräbnis und andere besondere Feiern.
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633613
De Haske Instrumental Series
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1659157
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596922
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568275
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567654
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749338
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 1108034
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567331
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736891