“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: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 688236
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 688201
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1212571
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1159052
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1157167
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1157056
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 968241
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1594291
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 980766
Schule
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1594411
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 694403
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1153498
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1151883
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 361693
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 968225
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 549351
Klassik
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1177747
Bassoon Repertoire
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1349349
english edition with german insert-sheet
A comprehensive band method
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 495007
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 692027
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1155757
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1150604
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1158383
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1159834
London [1894]
IGEB – Reprints und Manuskripte, Materialien zur Blasmusikforschung 3
for: Wind instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1020355
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 615316
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1153774
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1594726
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 369524
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 694415
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 361696
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1159263
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1153738
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 322893
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 369525
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1155846
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1157702
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 176623
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 691103
Comprehensive Band Method
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 668452
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1155198
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1157108
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1159852
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 350091
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1317850
Teacher Edition
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1594718
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 446956
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1541716
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