“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.
from Quintet E major Op. 13/5
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306983
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1306652
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309500
from Sonata E flat major BWV 1031
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307814
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668042
From Symphonie Espagnole
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305083
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221105
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223327
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1223312
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239851
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009168
für Fagott oder Flöte/Oboe und Klavier
for: Bassoon [flute/oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 638431
for: Instrument
Item no.: 555507
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573986
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573749
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575154
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290542
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290406
From 6 Morceaux Opus 85
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299460
From The Opera A Life For The Tsar
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299376
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1290816
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1253119
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1252962
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1253752
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1250549
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1251818
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1251704
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233423
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1253464
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1253457
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1253456
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1253455
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253428
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253314
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252293
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252286
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1252265
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1252263
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1252261
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1252255
for: 8 bassoons
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Item no.: 1252254
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252252
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255524
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1255520
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255519
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1255516
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255514
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255511