“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.
Easy Duets for Two Bassoons
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1556469
op. 3 Nr. 4-6
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1555931
RV 475 / Fanna VIII, Nr. 8 / PV 318
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555911
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274281
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310086
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310083
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309803
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603178
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601541
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601445
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614098
Vier Stücke
for: 2 bassoons
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1664139
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600213
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599398
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599314
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601087
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599809
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599640
16 Stücke für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 677077
12 Jazz Tunes for any kind of jazz ensemble, or just play along
C bass clef instrument
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 483841
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308151
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305982
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312039
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312032
für vier Fagotte
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676793
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285988
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 769674
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285271
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301143
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301032
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302991
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305027
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304802
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305419
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305363
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253474
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253472
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253463
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253425
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255527
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255526
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287866
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290045
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233997
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1221921
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 1020277
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1271279
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579309