“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: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287604
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
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for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1297375
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1308906
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308901
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308890
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163068
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 637975
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1307872
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310072
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1310071
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1310056
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1310053
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
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for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1129227
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1129060
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1109672
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304915
for: Bassoon, guitar
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 8 bassoons
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: 4 bassoons
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for: 4 bassoons
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for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1293483
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293438
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312110
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312108
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312035
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572919