“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, string quintet [string orchestra]
Set of parts (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello/Double bass)
Item no.: 194040
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 272787
for: Bassoon, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 176421
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1351355
for: Bassoon, strings
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 665294
for: Bassoon, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 392651
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 648773
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 228502
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 648771
for: Bassoon, piano
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 346913
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 129666
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Item no.: 299055
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1651335
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 646986
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Bassoon solo (single part)
Item no.: 648774
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1317930
for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1329349
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 691734
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 837111
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 888547
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1154787
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 968226
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 645517
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1539602
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 691838
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 685591
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1154185
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1157015
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1151548
for: Bassoon
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 1329193
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 667527
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1096694
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1352548
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 691066
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1096675
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 688236
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 688201
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1212571
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1159052
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1157167
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1157056
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 968241
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1594291
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 980766
Schule
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1594411
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 694403
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1153498
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1151883