“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.
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 735993
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1072251
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792048
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792047
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1008668
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681861
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108326
for: Flute [oboe/ bassethorn/ bassoon], orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1676785
Vol.2: Trios Ix a XVI
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073173
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1689502
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668201
3 Fagotte
for: 3 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1659588
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1671251
Musik für alle Gelegenheiten: Hochzeit, Geburtstag, Jubiläum, Begräbnis und andere besondere Feiern.
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633613
De Haske Instrumental Series
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1659157
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749338
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 1108034
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736891
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668338
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792053
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792055
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1659024
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108549
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 930645
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 1108044
Per Fagotto Archi E Bc
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 390603
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1073665
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1666910
for: 3–4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1350848
für fünf Fagotte und Vibraphon ad lib.
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon; vibraphone ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681858
for: Cello [viola/ bassoon], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 796802
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194934
Le Basson
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 833976
für Fagott [Violoncello] und Gitarre
for: Bassoon [cello], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673090
Klassik
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 873910
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671665
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354397
für vier Fagotte
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664435
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 671062
for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 723101
Southern Music
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 926680
for: Bassoon, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 649543
Classic Chorale Preludes
Arranged for Keyboard and Any Solo Instrument
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 692671
Polka schnell
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215695
Op. 7/1
for: Bassoon, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215661
C
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642300
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1167063
Hymn Partita
for: Bassoon, organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1017417