“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, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603427
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274731
16 little Duets for two bassons
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 680321
Folk songs from Ireland, England and Wales
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 660025
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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Musikalische Geschichten, deren Erzählungen und Aufführung
for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, guitar
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
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for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, guitar
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 598280
Ständchen
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 598250
Stimmen
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 601122
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, organ
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Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290731
für Fagott und Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661757
Rhapsodie Orientale
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301816
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600888
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1573861
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291874