“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: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1596539
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599179
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599089
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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for: 4 bassoons
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for: 5 bassoons
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Item no.: 1599370
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602760
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1602403
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603642
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
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Item no.: 1600287
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1599942
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
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Item no.: 1604617
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.: 1600706
for: Bassoon, piano
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for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1604347
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1604199
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603977
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615835
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1615815
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614419
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614173
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1631280
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1642722
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642173
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642124
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642071
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663107
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607981
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1605634
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1607242
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607002
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1606543
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1632942
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631459
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1636501
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290712
for: Bassoon, organ
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Item no.: 1288268
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1287961
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1287913
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1289065
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287577
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291131
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291044
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600845
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