“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.
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Music score
Item no.: 697667
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671665
for: 3 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Bassoon, harp
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for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
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for: Instrument
Book
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for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 900217
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
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for: Bassoon
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 802521
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382737
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 140986
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 183359
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 140521
for: 2 bassoons [2 cellos], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 580829
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 327192
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 129630
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 113749
for: Bassoon
Score
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for: Bassoon
Item no.: 355682
for: 2 viole da gamba [cellos], piano [harpsichord]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 850612
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1165681
Basson Library
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692619
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 889398
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 338628
for: Bassoon
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619866
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 261212
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 392656
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745876
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234250
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1250032
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1249996
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244828
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615722
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606624
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1264767
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
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for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
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