“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.: 1695199
for: 4 bassoons
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Item no.: 1693512
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 4 bassoons
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for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
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for: Bassoon
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 5 bassoons
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Item no.: 1580556
for: 1–2 bassoons, 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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Item no.: 1285848
for: 3 bassoons
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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
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: 5 bassoons
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for: 5 bassoons
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Item no.: 1613522
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1290000
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1287239
for: Bassoon, organ
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Item no.: 1287050
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289310
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1276808
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1276770
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1276686
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1276610
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305879
for: Bassoon
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1306689
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
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for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1304766
for: Bassoon, guitar
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Item no.: 1305774
for: Bassoon, guitar
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Item no.: 1305698
for: Bassoon, guitar
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Item no.: 1305362
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305306
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290984
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291242
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