“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
Buch
Item no.: 141934
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1107705
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172166
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 489327
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
CD
Item no.: 348674
Edition Schott
for: 2 bassoons
Music score
Item no.: 738498
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748678
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 748669
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725437
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792033
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690658
for: Melody instrument (C, B, Es, Viola, C Basschlüssel), sinfonisches Blasorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588710
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1632599
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642786
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642723
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642116
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565521
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1553281
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5492
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2828
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 946823
for: Wind instrument
Buch
Item no.: 1583162
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1024601
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009168
for: Bassoon, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1714867
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860865
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388588
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 247206
for: Cello, bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 389497
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 614299
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215427
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108426
for: Melody instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 1550481
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 198379
for: Bassethorn [bassoon], chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 332164
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1128814
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 335229
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348995
9 charaktervolle Solostücke für Fagott solo
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1013215
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 395331
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 642208
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 641796
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 632579
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 627216
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 626598
for: Bassoon, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 223081
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562711