“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, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612765
Ensemblestücke für die Fagottfamilie von Mozart, Grieg, Strauß u.a.
for: 5–6 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1331566
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306508
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615722
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607026
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1615103
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614932
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611882
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606150
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605814
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1605454
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606756
K. 495
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282016
Minute Waltz Op. 64 Nr. 1
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281587
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290657
Fantasie and Variations
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290384
in 14 different styles
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
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1279169
First Edition
for: Bassoon, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 693438
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272393
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601702
Fagott (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 393523
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308941
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308938
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308919
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310639
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302825
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305878
Marsch
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305827
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305775
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303718
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304535
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297038
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296824
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295787
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295495
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295467
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295424
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295334
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296655
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296345
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599865
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1608181
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567901
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567654
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294963