“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
Music score
Item no.: 1345614
F
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589543
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313300
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313286
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313284
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313282
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 970321
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556240
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556203
Arie aus der Oper 'Hochzeit des Figaro'
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215698
Op. 21/4
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215672
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612925
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1562258
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052385
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267160
für zwei Fagotte (Violoncelli/Violen da gamba/Bassinstrument) und Basso continuo
(Basso continuo nicht ausgesetzt)
for: 2 bassoons [cellos]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 685235
für Dag Jensen
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 637025
F:VIII/5 / PV 282
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Set of parts
Item no.: 660048
Fanna VIII,no.30 - PV 131
Stimmensatz Streicher (3-3-2-3)
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 642195
First Edition
for: Double bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1136536
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556104
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 290142
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 223732
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 175645
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 166485
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 166473
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 166468
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 166454
(In Memoriam Lili Boulanger)
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 183308
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 480222
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 762877
14 leichte Trios für 3 Fagotte oder 3 Fagottini
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549152
24 Latin Duette
für 2 C-Instrumente im Bassschlüssel
for: 2 trombones [bassoons]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 655350
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 691753
12 Etüden für Anfänger in allen Tonarten für Anfänger
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 1645657
10 Pieces for Bassoon Quartet (partly with other instruments)
10 darab fagottkvartettre (részben más hangszerekkel)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1162471
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1561020
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549140
17 Vortragsstücke für Quartfagott und Klavier
for: Small bassoon (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 646506
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 616401
Erstausgabe
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635994
for: 2 cellos [viole da gamba/bassoons]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 637849
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1128277
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 565091
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 295942
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 487102
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 207887
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 551237