“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.
Anglo Music Play-Along
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 655522
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 171276
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215694
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308935
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292061
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663862
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663820
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663782
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590580
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631396
for: 2 trombones [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2501
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble scores, CD
Item no.: 170798
Acht swingende Weihnachtslieder
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 693417
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663027
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596919
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607701
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292425
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292369
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292033
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272712
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308744
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580515
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233554
for: Cello [trombone/bassoon], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1489
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252266
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252287
36 Christmas Songs
for: Winds class [trombone/ bassoon/ euphonium/ baritone horn/ tenor horn/ bass guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 764951
for: Bassoon
Christmas tree decoration
Item no.: 681304
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606965
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 590577
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 593721
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252276
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283681
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 338985
for: Bassoon
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 656251
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 577326
Sammlung der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Instrumente in C (Bassschlüssel (tief)
(Bässe, Fagott)
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 157950
for: 2-3 bassons, wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1166175
Bass Clef Instruments (Bassoon, Trombone, Euphonium, & Others)
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 655184
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291690
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292089
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663013
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662999
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596921
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605260
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615537
20 Christmas Carols for one or two bassoons
for: 1–2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 445201
17 bekende kerstliedjes om mee te zingen
for: Voice [melody instrument], piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1668912