“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
Music score
Item no.: 1562774
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 642195
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 290142
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Item no.: 580937
(1825-1828)
after the uncompleted Sonata for viola and piano arranged and edited by Rainer Schottstädt
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 299144
(Teaching material)
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 194018
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 934759
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 817971
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267160
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 246930
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 819433
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 819374
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818839
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 109014
Original für Violoncello
for: Bassoon [trombone], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684320
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 313629
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 247722
for: Trombone, baritone horn, bassoon, tuba [Winds class, youth concert band]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 691225
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 472027
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274909
for: Bassoon, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 328634
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 380314
for: Bassoon
CD
Item no.: 445182
for: Small bassoon (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 646506
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 551237
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1107416
for: Instrument
Item no.: 490225
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1199926
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299127
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 564782
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 198385
for: Instrument [voice]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1702806
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196806
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 228012
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1162471
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 797780
Anglo Music Play-Along Series
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1673001
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689587
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1137963
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 833680
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1664219
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071741
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108585
für 2 Fagotte und Orchester
for: 2 bassons, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659127
un pezzo per fagotto solo
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 674556
De L'Opera Lucie De Lammermoor De Donizetti
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 141932
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561706
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561494
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