“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.
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1657216
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663834
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290340
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308912
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 155945
Ein musikalischer Adventkalender mit 24 Lieder zum Mitspielen
Play-Along Ausgabe für Posaune, Bariton und Fagott inkl. Playback-CD
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668909
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290369
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631383
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308933
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643446
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643460
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292201
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292145
festlich und modern bearbeitet
for: Bassoon [trombone], piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 655268
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252289
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 935588
for: 2–4 bassoons [cellos]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 661952
for: 4 bassoons
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1021618
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1215985
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215959
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233512
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234130
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576245
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290246
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308924
Sammlung der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Instrumente in C /(Bassschlüssel hoch)
(Posaune, Bariton)
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 186924
Solo oder Duett
for: 1–2 bassoons; piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 153546
aus dem Musical "Notre-Dame de Paris"
for: Voice [mixed choir (SATB) / solo wind instrument / 4 brass winds], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587594
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 592972
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1166099
for: 2 cellos [bassoons/double basses]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 163746
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292313
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252096
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233635
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1272738
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252275
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643649
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662948
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663848
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292117
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
38 leichte Advents- und Weihnachtslieder mit Liedtexten
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat), Trombone [bassoon]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 778772
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 581137
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Single part Bass instrument
Item no.: 1062205
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650250
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649648
Duets and trios for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 1"
for: Winds class [bassoon/bass guitar]
Single part
Item no.: 692115
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649580