“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.
from: Four Bassoon Rags
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
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for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Item no.: 186317
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 582523
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287143
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280161
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1273624
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274431
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275795
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275592
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272857
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274761
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274641
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246948
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246835
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246723
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250685
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245204
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247059
aktualisierte Sonderausgabe
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 585958
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163084
per fagotto, violinis due, alto viola, con fundamento
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566768
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 920821
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1108036
for Two Bassoons
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1636426
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 969438
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 887963
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 166466
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 166457
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 943757
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 143694
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276790
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276631
for: Instrument
Item no.: 205928
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 605944
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 149065
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218201
Heft 1
Musik für Bläser
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 479424
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664323
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589544
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289728
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600242
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