“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.
Don’t be a baboon on the bassoon. Browse our sheet music, tuition books and scores, and let us help you “hit on a tune” today!
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
Buch
Item no.: 1071021
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 306190
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 306187
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 882833
for: Bassoon
Single part
Item no.: 769308
BWV 160
Cantata
for: Voice (tenor), violin, bassoon, basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 478540
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487699
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 963950
Chorale Cantata for mixed Chrous, two Violins, two Violas, Bassoon and Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violas, bassoon, basso continuo
Cello [bassoon] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 293586
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 384721
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 207216
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 586162
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 428713
(Winds)
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 275427
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623536
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 296437
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 901625
for: Bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1670126
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1140417
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1177688
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1103944
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 870667
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194770
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1356467
William Martin Collection
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 470602
per fagotto solo
for: Bassoon
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 630105
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1119061
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 366365
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 366956
Nø20 Poesie
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 554356
for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 559197
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 377060
basson et piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071241
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1102430
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 988005
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1201351
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 953451
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830238
Bassoon and Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830390
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 829458
Konzertwerk
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1347747
Bassoon Repertoire
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1348295
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 890228
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1016569
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1015969
Duets, trios and quartets for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 2"
for: Winds class [bassoon/bass guitar]
Single part
Item no.: 692102
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 859439
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 880002