“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.
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308958
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308954
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308946
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308930
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308926
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308899
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255517
Posaune & Streicher
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596933
for: 2 bassoons, piano [organ]
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1270909
Opus 4
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284069
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307719
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305530
Op. 91
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276284
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283265
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305251
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312113
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312111
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312055
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662486
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1242919
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242461
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302070
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306897
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250885
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307507
Keyboard, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307211
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631057
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568536
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580309
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611801
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611567
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285776
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278372
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274611
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274581
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1274521
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1273110
Archivio Bossi
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 340041
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572566
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572110
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294918
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289782
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287842
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287818
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607140
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606477
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606180
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300136
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