“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.: 1613508
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603667
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603617
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285728
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301962
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297801
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249168
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275442
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574860
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308948
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308934
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308903
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308902
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233861
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590026
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593852
Drums & Castanets optional
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593782
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593095
from: Four Bassoon Rags
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725142
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555790
for: 3 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562830
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562674
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 882182
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 889116
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 887562
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 885942
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383093
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278308
The Phil and Barbara Wood Collection
for: 6 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060263
Kinderlieder im Quintraum
for: Small bassoon (G), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1556078
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 607704
for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593614
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 344396
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 246802
for: Bassoon
Item no.: 290352
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 198924
for: Bassoon [cello], piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 465883
for: Bassoon, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 492026
Erstausgabe
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 486184
Bodo Koenigsbeck gewidmet
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 686733
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 582053
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 131664
Dolce suono
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1013888
for: Bassoon, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 241631
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 169029
Mit Textbeilage
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 212727
No. 4 from Four Scenes from Yesterday
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 902355
for: Bassoon, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667355