“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: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306983
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301939
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302880
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303550
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301656
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301544
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300863
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290406
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290109
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290089
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289955
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745932
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745887
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745774
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745622
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1745539
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615349
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630888
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630634
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1743297
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1743187
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1742958
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663507
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663439
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663322
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1631250
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631199
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630948
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1744833
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251818
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265907
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265902
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265899
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239921
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239851
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239607
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240412
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240119
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240076
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239179
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1225901
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218470
for: Instrument
Item no.: 157042
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1229145
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1228868
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 992091
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1225676
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1225318
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
There is a separate Stretta website for the country Worldwide. If your order is to be delivered to this country, you can switch, so that delivery times and shipping conditions are displayed correctly. Your shopping cart and your customer account will remain the same.
switch to Stretta Music Worldwide
stay on Stretta Music Denmark
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
