“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, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1578889
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Klavierauszug, Solostimme, Digitalartikel (AODP)
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for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
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for: Bassoon
Score
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for: Instrument
Item no.: 1012548
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
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for: Bassoon
CD
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for: Bassoon
Score
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for: Bassoon
Score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 649543
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 802521
for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419498
for: Bassoon [cello], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673090
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
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for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score
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for: Bassoon
Item no.: 218333
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
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for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 1542870
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101474
Hymn Partita
for: Bassoon, organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1017417
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664435
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 485781
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 550730
Basson Library
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692619
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382737
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562663
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1561992
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1561985
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1561984
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1561032
for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1556161
for: 2 bassons, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1209920
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1556120
for: Small bassoon (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1555901
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1023013
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
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for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 682049
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674701
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
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for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666048
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 664065
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 642875
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 641197