“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
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576739
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576679
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615274
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615409
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1604007
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1597304
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613731
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613468
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576439
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602710
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602535
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602463
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297481
Echoes, No. 5 Opus 7
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295199
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599625
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599597
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599483
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297219
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297218
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636865
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1567294
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1567174
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1273285
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303494
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303438
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303383
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310094
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310079
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310077
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310073
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310061
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310059
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250282
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250204
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598932
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598878
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573961
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573784
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573009
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574505
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251687
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219191
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219141
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 693433
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 691753
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563595
op. 26
für Fagott und Basso continuo oder für vier Fagotte
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562963
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1561020
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