“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 [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1220146
für Fagott und Orgel
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 231615
3 bassoons
score and parts
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 597235
4 Fagotte
for: 4 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 596201
3 Fagotte
for: 3 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 596190
Fagott & Streicher
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596925
Percussion optional
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600494
Fagott & Streicher
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596923
for: Bassoon, organ
Item no.: 385455
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239831
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239642
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 638827
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219976
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233785
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233289
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220974
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217451
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279404
(Chôros)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562667
op. 8
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1562610
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1560911
op. 99
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619956
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593434
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593148
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593058
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612929
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215664
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1281885
Opus 116
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282950
In C Major Op. 198
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282768
Inspired by Mozart
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283359
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Item no.: 300636
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308675
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606120
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605933
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605844
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1604170
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606806
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606781
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606649
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606593
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630362
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630080
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577285
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577135
Marsch
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305826
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303382
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303215