“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.
Preciosa
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 268920
für zwei Violoncelli (Fagotte)
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3044
bearbeitet für Posaune / Fagott und Klavier
for: Trombone [bassoon], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2767
Staccato-Übung
aus: "Fagottstudien für Fortgeschrittene", op. 8, Heft 1
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 4904
aus: "Trois Romances Sans Paroles", op. 90
eingerichtet für Fagott
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 2319
aus der Fagott-Schule
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 4452
Preciosa
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 328061
aus der Fagott-Schule
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 4730
aus: Fagottstudien für Fortgeschrittene, op. 8, Heft 2
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 4666
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 231946
aus: Bergkreyen – Auff zwo Stimmen Stimmen componirt, sambt etlichen dergleichen Frankreichischen gesenglein ... Nürnberg, 1551
eingerichtet für zwei Bass-Instrumente
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5492
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 300502
Geistliches Konzert
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 232107
Sinfonia
Sinfonia aus der Kantate "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ"
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 231607
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792042
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792051
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792054
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792039
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792036
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792048
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792033
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 347952
op. 49, Nr. 4
bearbeitet für Violoncello (Fagott) und Klavier
for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1506
aus: Zodiacus Musicus (1698)
bearbeitet für Violoncello / Fagott / Posaune und Klavier
for: Cello [bassoon/trombone], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3061
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 230639
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053076
Southern Music
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 928910
bearbeitet für zwei Violoncelli oder Fagotte
for: 2 cellos [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2828
Variationen durch die Jahrhunderte über ein altspanisches Thema von Gaspar Sanz
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 179196
Geistliches Konzert
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 232549
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792050
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792030
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 739599
Hausaufgabenheft für 32 Wochen, Notenzeilen, Kleines Musiklexikon
for: Instrument
Homework booklet
Item no.: 802497
from: Four Bassoon Rags
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746555
pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 784448
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725436
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792056
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792032
pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784446
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792035
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792046
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792052
from: Four Bassoon Rags
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 758534
pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784445
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792044
Goodnight, Sleep Tight!
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792040
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792041