“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: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308916
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308914
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308908
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308907
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308898
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308486
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287361
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287288
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287259
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287120
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286977
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287936
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287890
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287795
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288128
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288082
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287984
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286145
for: 2 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286530
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579394
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579644
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580472
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1580382
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580219
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580127
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577859
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577809
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577730
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303662
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303495
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302181
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301865
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303214
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302768
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301199
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301031
for: Bassoon, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309406
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307191
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307080
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310726
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305250
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305586
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305474
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305418
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601737
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313301
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313297
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313296
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