“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: 1–3 melodic instruments (C, B-flat, C Bass clef)
6 single parts
Item no.: 656279
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668411
for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 149888
Five Pieces
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 740652
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346077
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 306186
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 155178
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 345949
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 329664
for: Clarinet, bassoon, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655743
for: Clarinet, bassoon, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655741
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 164352
BWV 160
Cantata
for: Voice (tenor), violin, bassoon, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 478542
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 431130
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 431128
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1563652
for: Bassoon, piano
Single part
Item no.: 244108
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355543
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355542
for: 2 bass instruments
Score
Item no.: 780482
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1626414
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, solo part
Item no.: 797313
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 429620
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 357624
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 1043886
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 869332
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194940
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1137219
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1167221
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1140915
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1020602
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 666546
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1070678
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1070927
basson et piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071359
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1017510
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 1327202
Joyeux Et Fier - Calme
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 554350
Eine umfassende Orchester Methode
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 166692
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 458835
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 300502
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1070940
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1071480
per fagotto solo
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 832313
13 Stücke
for: 1–2 bassoons [bassoon, piano]
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 771028
for: Bassoon
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 581595
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 872323