“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.
BW 862
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296291
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278492
Inspired by Mozart
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283359
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278015
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286791
printed and digital edition with audio
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1343224
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593214
Oh! Quand je dors
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290836
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278552
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278522
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286762
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300468
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278372
EMB Early Chamber Music
for: Cello [bassoon], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198378
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278642
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278278
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277617
Inspired by Mozart
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277445
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296341
Klassik
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282859
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291354
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593852
Op. 128
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279622
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283385
BWV 539
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296257
1. Vivace 2. Adagio 3. Allegro
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297607
BWV 865
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296323
Op. 28 N° 24
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290943
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285965
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285809
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309918
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279307
Inspired by Gabriel Fauré
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277575
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278582
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278462
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593823
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309430
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274791
BWV 867
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296273
inspired by Bach
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285613
printed and digital edition with audio
Zongorakíséret
nyomtatott és digitális kiadás hangfelvétellel
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1355940
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278402
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301840
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282679
from Carnival Scenes from Vienna Op. 26
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284741
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278612
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290816
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281829