“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, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 173270
for: 2 viole da gamba [cellos], piano [harpsichord]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 850612
for: Wind instrument
2 Playback-CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 156056
for: Bassoon
Ensemble score
Item no.: 576873
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 479425
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382737
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 268422
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 614788
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613806
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613781
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611882
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577001
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576949
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576829
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601012
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1593399
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575652
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575602
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575331
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290657
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290384
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283565
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279845
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279766
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279604
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282782
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282679
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281587
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280821
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304535
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302825
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300713
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301840
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301713
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301433
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299544
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300090
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286683
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285438
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284741
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297348
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297145
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297038
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296345
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296079
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296824
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296655
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282099