“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: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662999
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596921
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605260
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615537
20 Christmas Carols for one or two bassoons
for: 1–2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 445201
17 bekende kerstliedjes om mee te zingen
for: Voice [melody instrument], piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1668912
38 Christmas duets
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 776094
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291718
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292229
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292005
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291830
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1277150
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215909
for: 2-3 bassons, wind ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1166098
for: 4 trombones [bassoons/ euphoniums/ tubas/ flexible ensemble (4 voices)]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 581162
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643663
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291977
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291802
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292509
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292397
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1023704
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308949
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309344
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580528
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290864
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252303
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253095
(Sehr leicht)
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble scores, CD
Item no.: 170804
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308910
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579277
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290288
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292285
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292481
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291746
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252700
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662985
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308922
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308921
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578043
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292453
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292341
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233606
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252264
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252278
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1072179
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 155945
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590152
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663834