“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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for: Bassoon
Item no.: 1618651
Piano reduction
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 683786
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
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for: Instrument
Item no.: 345235
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Set of parts
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
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for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Bassoon, piano
Score
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for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
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for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
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for: Oboe, bassoon, concert band
Score
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for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
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for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Bassoon, piano
Score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Bassoon
CD-ROM
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Book
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for: Bassoon, piano
Book
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1355608
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 926445
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Score
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for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 906593
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
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for Bassoon, Strings and Harpsichord (Score)
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Score
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for: Bassoon
Score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1099256
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Item no.: 176842
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
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for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1555661
Choral Suite
for: Bassoon, organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768986
for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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for: Instrument
Music score
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