“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.
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593421
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593214
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 595019
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567042
Basson et Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1073401
for: Bassoon
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1250031
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252119
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251784
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249368
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249344
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249325
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249221
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249169
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249116
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251606
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251220
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251103
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250557
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252312
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252307
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252295
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252280
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250685
Scherzo
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296853
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296205
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290130
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239667
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279060
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271392
Bb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589137
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1167118
from the oratorio "Elijah"
for: 7 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 686626
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307432
Keyboard, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307212
Keyboard, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307210
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245520
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245204
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245131
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1243144
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242796
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242646
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308418
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247059
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246948
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246835
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246723
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1247700
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1248368