“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: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601560
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598023
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601094
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600677
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221800
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221680
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305195
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303326
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636130
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1593371
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577985
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596756
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596582
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568163
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301544
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567957
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567929
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567803
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301939
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599511
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599356
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602029
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303550
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 949912
Neue Studientexte zur Instrumentalpädagogik
Forum Musikpädagogik 117
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 644934
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281021
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277773
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614906
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312094
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312047
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312031
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311975
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311884
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311867
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274114
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282003
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281829
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284489
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282507
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282496
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282292
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285461
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290109
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290089
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289955
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663806
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293836