SHEET MUSIC FOR BASSOON

Composers A through D

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Our music difficulty rating is a subjective attempt to quantify each piece's difficulty.
1: Begining 2: Early Intermediate 3: Advanced Intermediate 4: Advanced 5: Difficult

Maurice Allard: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
For Solo Bassoon. Edition Billaudot, difficulty:5
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Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for solo bassoon Op. 86
Edition Faber, difficulty:4
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suites
Transcribed for solo bassoon by Arthur Weisberg, difficulty:3-4
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PDQ Bach: Lip My Reeds
For four bassoons, difficulty:5
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PDQ Bach: Last Tango in Bayreuth
For four bassoons, difficulty:3-4
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J.S. Bach: Partita
Edited and realized for solo bassoon by Matthew Karr. Edition Southern Music, difficulty:4
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J.S. Bach: Partita BWV 1013
Transcribed for solo bassoon by William Waterhouse. Edition Universal, difficulty:3

J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello or Bassoon
For solo bassoon or cello. Revised and edited by Gaillard. Edition Schirmer, difficulty:3-4
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Leonard Ball: Romanza for Bassoon and Piano
B&D publications, difficulty:3

Leslie Bassett: Metamorphoses for Solo Bassoon
Eight short pieces whose origins are loosely taken from orchestral bassoon literature, including Stravinsky "The Rite of Spring", Prokofiev "Peter and the Wolf", Tchaikovsky "Symphony No. 4", Beethoven "Symphonies No. 3, 1 and 8", Scriabin "Poem of Ectasy" and Chabrier "Espana". Performance time 15 minutes. Edition Peters, difficulty:5

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio op 87 (3 bassoons)
The famous trio for 2 oboes and English horn transcribed for 3 bassoons by R. Mark Rogers. Includes parts and score. Edition SMC, difficulty:3-4

Luciano Berio: Sequenza XII (1977) for solo bassoon.
Contemporary work includes special fingerings by Pascal Gallois. Edition Universal, difficulty:5+

Alain Bernaud: Hallucinations for bassoon and piano
Edition PeerMusic, difficulty:5
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Franz Berwald: Concert Piece op. 2 for bassoon and orchestra
Includes bassoon part and piano reduction. Edition Baerenreiter.
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Marcel Bitsch: Concertino for bassoon and piano
Edition Leduc, difficulty:5
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Marcel Bitsch: Rondoletto for bassoon and piano
Edition Leduc, difficulty:5
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Alexander Blechinger: Concerto for Bassoon Opus 111
Bassoon with Piano Reduction. Edition Harmonia, Wien (Fagottkonzert), difficulty:5
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J. Bodin Boismortier: Sonata in D Opus 50, No. 3
Bassoon and piano. Edition Baerenreiter, difficulty:3

Joseph Bodin De Boismortier: Eight Little Pieces from Op. 40
8 Kleine Stücke for bassoon and basso continuo. Edition Peters, difficulty:2-3

E. Bourdeau: Premier Solo for bassoon and piano
Edition Rubank, difficulty:3

Eugene Bozza: Concertino for bassoon and chamber orchestra. op. 49.
Includes bassoon part and piano reduction. Edition Leduc, difficulty: 5

Eugène Bozza: Duettino for 2 Bassoons
Edition Leduc, difficulty:4

Eugène Bozza: Fantaisie for Bassoon and Piano
Edition Leduc, difficulty:4
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Richard Cioffari: 3 Inventions
For solo bassoon. Edition Southern Music, difficulty:4

Arnold Cooke: Sonata for bassoon and piano.
Edition Emerson, difficulty:3

Mike Curtis: 33 Bassoon Duos
Music and a play a long CD of 26 Progressive Duos from the New Millennium Bassoon Method and 7 Jazz and Ethnic Duos. The CD has separate tracks of the top and bottom parts of each duo, so you can play along with either part. difficulty:2-4.
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Mike Curtis: Seven Jazz and Ethnic Duos for Bassoon
7 Jazz and klezmer duos. Difficulty:2-3
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Mike Curtis: Eight More Original Jazz Duos
Oboe and Bassoon. Edition MSS Publishing, difficulty:2-3

Mike Curtis: 8 More Duos on Jazz Standards
For oboe & bassoon. Edition MSS, difficulty:3

Mike Curtis: Five Huapangos
For oboe and bassoon. Edition MSS Publishing, difficulty:3

Ferdinand David: Concertino in B flat Major op. 12 for bassoon and piano
Edited by Simon Kovar. Edition International, difficulty:3-4

William Davis: Fantasy and Presto
A showpiece for two bassoons covering the entire range of the instrument: Special effects including muffled timbres, quarter tones and multiphonics. Separate score & parts. B & D Publications, difficulty:5

William Davis: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
For bassoon, or contra bassoon, and piano. Edition Southern, difficulty:3

Thomas Dunhill: Lyric Suite Op. 96
For bassoon and piano. Edition Boosey & Hawkes, difficulty:3
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François Devienne: 6 Sonatas for Bassoon, Vol. I: #1-3
for bassoon and piano, edited by Valeri Popov. Volume I contains 3 sonatas, please see X-679-II for the other 3 sonatas.
Edition Zimmermann, difficulty: 3
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François Devienne: 6 Sonatas for Bassoon, Vol. II: #3-6
for bassoon and piano, edited by Valeri Popov. Volume II contains3 sonatas, please see X-679-I for the other 3 sonatas.
Edition Zimmerman. Difficulty:3
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Daniel Dorff: In a Deep Funk
Four dances for unaccompanied contrabassoon. "Hustle Misterioso", Twist Variations", "Bear Hug" and "Funk Scherzo". Edition Presser, difficulty:4

François Devienne (Rev. Allard): 6 Duos Concertants for 2 Bassoons, Book 1: #1-3
Edition Billaudot, difficulty:2
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François Devienne (Rev. Allard): 6 Duos Concertants for 2 Bassoons, Book 2: #4-6
Edition Billaudot, difficulty:3
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Henri Dutilleux: Sarabande and Cortege for Bassoon
With piano accompaniment. Edition Leduc, difficulty:3
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Balis Dwarionas, Theme and Variations for Bassoon and Piano
Edition Sikorski, difficulty 4

Our music difficulty rating is a subjective attempt to quantify each piece's difficulty.
1: Begining 2: Early Intermediate 3: Advanced Intermediate 4: Advanced 5: Difficult

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