“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
Music score
Item no.: 1108217
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 963953
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 364455
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1215429
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1014116
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1165249
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1157095
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 971807
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1020653
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1142813
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1042200
Southern Music
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 924991
basson et piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071307
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1174027
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1170248
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1137849
per fagotto e orchestra
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1354227
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 295032
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 1108029
Play Along
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 969096
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 210159
for: Bass instrument, piano
Item no.: 551315
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 468367
Valse Lente - Tambou
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 554355
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 797003
Geistliches Konzert
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 232107
Orale : Realisat
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1141112
Eine Schule für Bläserklassen
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 688772
for: 2 bassoons
Item no.: 460989
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 455464
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 829991
Bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 829740
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829065
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 828979
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 988112
Basson Et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829566
Basson Et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829040
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830133
Bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1069798
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 420199
5 Tänze
(4 Fagottinostimmen)
for: 3 bassoons
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555633
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830233
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 366547
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 875165
Bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1014755
Konzertwerk
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1347912