“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: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309732
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308912
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1220398
festlich und modern bearbeitet
for: Bassoon [trombone], piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 655268
for: 2–4 bassoons [cellos]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 661952
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292201
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292145
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290369
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308933
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643460
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643446
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631383
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252289
for: 4 bassoons
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1021618
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 935588
Sammlung der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Instrumente in C /(Bassschlüssel hoch)
(Posaune, Bariton)
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 186924
Solo oder Duett
for: 1–2 bassoons; piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 153546
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1166099
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290246
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292313
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308924
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576245
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 592972
for: Voice [mixed choir (SATB) / solo wind instrument / 4 brass winds], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587594
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1215985
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215959
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233512
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234130
for: 2 cellos [bassoons/double basses]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 163746
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662948
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663848
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1272738
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643649
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252275
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252096
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233635
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292117
38 leichte Advents- und Weihnachtslieder mit Liedtexten
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat), Trombone [bassoon]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 778772
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 581137
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Single part Bass instrument
Item no.: 1062205
Duets and trios for flexible instrumentation
correlated with "Accent on Achievement 1"
for: Winds class [bassoon/bass guitar]
Single part
Item no.: 692115
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649648
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650250
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649580
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650182
Nr. 1-34
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 374017
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, CD-Rom
Item no.: 663189