“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: Small bassoon (G), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562683
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562674
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562663
KWV 4202
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts, Solo part
Item no.: 1562699
for: Bassoon [horn], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1562664
Variationen über "Home, sweet home"op. 2
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1562591
Almirena's Arie from Rinaldo
for: 3–4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562630
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562635
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562637
F VIII,12 / PV 47
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1555954
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1562207
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1562258
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1562206
RV 475 / Fanna VIII, Nr. 21 / PV 56
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1555726
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561773
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561478
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561706
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561494
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561745
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561708
original für 3 Flöten ohne Bass
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1559696
Kompositionen und Bearbeitungen für zwei Fagotte
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1559144
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1557181
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1557180
Edizione Italiana
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1556904
Easy Duets for Two Bassoons
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1556469
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556227
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556241
KV 292 (196c)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556213
KVb 292 (196c)
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556239
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556240
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556203
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556225
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556199
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556230
KV 580a
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556196
KV 580a
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556215
for 4 Bassoons (score + parts)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556308
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1556127
for: Bassoon, harp
Score, part
Item no.: 1556054
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1556099
für 2 Fagotte und Orchester
for: 2 bassons, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1556089
Gabriele und Bodo Koenigsbeck gewidmet
Complete Works Vol. II:13P
for: Bassoon, guitar, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1556112
Fanna VIII,no.34 - PV 50
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1556119
Fanna VIII,no.34 - PV 50
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1556120
New Edition
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1556022
5 Tänze
(4 Fagottinostimmen)
for: 3 bassoons
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555633
Stimmensatz: 3/3/2/3 - 2 Ob, 2 Hr
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555662