“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, strings, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 1657432
for: Bassoon
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204381
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860865
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388588
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 133433
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348995
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1340932
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 916646
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 780826
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 130938
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 687757
for: 5 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215674
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745130
for 4 Bassoons (score + parts)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556308
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388529
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 173968
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1702342
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 627216
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 247206
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1626476
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 485353
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 388821
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 374672
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 340658
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267108
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 266924
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 820123
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1670918
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818941
for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 166506
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 338339
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 141934
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1618722
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1107705
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1128814
for: Bassoon [cello], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 114439
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172166
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 489327
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 277418
for: Flute [clarinet/bassoon], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 266380
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1550459
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
CD
Item no.: 348674
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1328545
for: Instrument
Item no.: 157042
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567529
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567380
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306983
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1306652
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