“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.
Don’t be a baboon on the bassoon. Browse our sheet music, tuition books and scores, and let us help you “hit on a tune” today!
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
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307738
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310381
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310099
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312093
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312092
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311672
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310087
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310078
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310074
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310066
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310054
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309045
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308951
Piano, Guitar, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308936
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308927
Piano, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308863
for: Bassoon
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1304404
for: Bassoon
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1304403
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1304360
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304971
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303159
La Damnation de Faust
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303104
From Aida
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303047
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1216653
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1216029
Fagott & CD Playback
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600823
(Orgel)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600800
Percussion optional
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600594
Percussion optional
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600590
Percussion optional
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600472
Geistliche Musik
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600362
2 Fagotte & Klavier (Organ)
for: 2 bassoons
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 594040
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589544
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593629
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593421
Fagott & Klavier
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593214
Fagott & Streicher
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596920
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 595019
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1614307
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613998
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603592
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603207
for: Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603094
for: 1–2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603074
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602836
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602660
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602610
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1611543
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