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
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano. Opus 168
Edition Durand, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-175   
(#X-175) $15.95

Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance in D Major Op. 51
For bassoon and piano. Edition Kalmus, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-628   
(#X-628) $6.95

Schickele: Blue Set #2 for four bassoons
Includes:
Peter Schickele: Bassooner or Later
Peter Schickele: Portlandia in Cerulean
Peter Schickele: Gang of Wolves
Edition Elkan-Vogel, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-479   
(#X-479) $30.00


P.D.Q. Bach: Dutch Suite
For bassoon & tuba. Edition Presser, difficulty:3
See recordings of  X-533   
(#X-533) $9.95

PDQ Bach: Lip My Reeds
For four bassoons, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-314   
(#X-314) $17.50

PDQ Bach: Last Tango in Bayreuth
For four bassoons, difficulty:3-4
See recordings of  X-315   
(#X-315) $9.95


Schickele: P.D.Q. Bach: Sonata Abassoonata
Three movements woodenly edited by the Perfesser himself. The pianist is inexplicably not on hand, so the bassoonist must play the piano part in addition to his own until the final two measures, when the pianist finally makes it to the gig. Edition Presser, difficulty:4
(#X-246) $12.95

Peter Schickele: Summer Serenade
Three pieces for bassoon and piano: "Dreams", "Games" and "Songs and Dances". Edition Elkan-Vogel, difficulty:3-4
(#X-712) $19.95

Othmar Schoeck: Sonate for Bassoon op 41
A bassoon arrangement of the Sonate for Bass Clarinet, with piano accompaniment. Edition Breitkopf, difficulty: 4
(#X-737) $57.95


Hanning Schröder: Music for Bassoon Solo
Edition Robert Lienau, difficulty:4
(#X-688) $10.50

Ervin Schulhoff: Bass Nightingale (Bassnachtigall)
For solo contrabassoon. Edition Schott, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-542   
(#X-542) $12.95

Robert Sibbing: Trio for Double-Reeds (Oboe, EH, Bsn)
Includes score and parts. Edition Fish Creek Music, difficulty:3-4
(#X-639) $18.00


Johann Wenzel Stamitz: Bassoon Concerto in F Major
For bassoon and piano, cadenzas and revision by Maurice Allard. Edition Billaudot, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-429   
(#X-429) $31.95

Richard Strauss: Duet-Concertino
Originally for clarinet and bassoon with string orchestra and harp, this edition is for solo clarinet and bassoon with piano. Edition Boosey and Hawkes, difficulty: 3-4.
(#X-724) $55.00

Igor Stravinsky: Lied ohne Name for 2 Bassoons
Boosey & Hawkes, difficulty:1
(#X-172) $2.95


Alexandre Tansman: Sonatine for bassoon
With piano. Edition Max Esching, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-244   
(#X-244) $17.95

Alexandre Tansman: Suite for Bassoon and Piano
Edition Eschig, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-455   
(#X-455) $19.95

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in E flat for bassoon
Bassoon and piano. Edition Boosey & Hawkes, difficulty:3
(#X-199) $12.95


Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in E minor for bassoon
With piano. Edition Boosey & Hawkes, difficulty:3
(#X-198) $13.95

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in F minor for bassoon
Bassoon and piano, edited by Kovar. Edition International, difficulty:3
See recordings of  X-189   
(#X-189) $11.25

Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto in C major
For bassoon and piano reduction. Edition Simrock, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-200   
(#X-200) $24.95


Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
For flute and bassoon. One score only. Edition Associated Music Publishers, difficulty: 3-4
See recordings of  X-722   
(#X-722) $16.95

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das Sete Notas
For bassoon & piano. Peermusic, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-456   
(#X-456) $12.95

Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major F.VII No. 36
For Bassoon & piano. Edition Billaudot, difficulty:4
(#X-441) $24.95


Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A Minor RV 497
Bassoon and piano reduction. Edited by Hara and Nagy. Edition Musica Budapest, difficulty:4
(#X-124) $19.95

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F major. FV111, No. 19
Revised for Bassoon & piano by Maurice Allard. Edition Billaudot, difficulty:3
(#X-177) $20.95

Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C Major RV 472 (P45)
Bassoon & piano reduction. Edition Schott, difficulty:4
(#X-279) $19.95


Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E minor RV 484
For bassoon with piano reduction. Edited by Leonard Sharrow. Edition International, difficulty:5
(#X-481) $12.75

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor RV498
Bassoon with piano reduction. Edition Ricordi, difficulty:3
See recordings of  X-482   
(#X-482) $9.95

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B flat major RV 501 (F VIII 1)
"La Notte" for bassoon and piano reduction. Edition Ricordi
(#X-483) $8.95


Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerti Vol I
Bassoon part edited by sol Schoenbach, piano reduction by William Winstead. Difficulty:3-5
Contains 5 concerti, please see X-485 for the other 5 concerti.
See recordings of  X-484    See Full Music List
(#X-484) $19.95

Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerti Vol. II
Bassoon part edited by Sol Schoenbach, piano reduction by William Winstead. Difficulty:3-4
Contains 5 concerti, please see X-484 for the other 5 concerti.
See Full Music List
(#X-485) $19.95

Sight Reading Pieces for Bassoon and Piano
Edited by William Waterhouse. 6 Short sight reading pieces commissioned by the Paris Conservatoire for use in their annual examinations, published here for the first time (except the Bizet, it was published in 1970 for bassoon and cello).
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(#X-209) $22.95


Carl Maria von Weber/Allard: Concerto in F major Op 75
Bassoon and piano reduction. Edition Billaudot, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-178   
(#X-178) $19.45

Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Bassoon in F major Op 75
Bassoon and piano reduction. Edition Universal, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-741   
(#X-741) $23.95

Arthur Weisberg: 15 Etudes for Bassoon
Difficulty:4
(#X-580) $39.95


von Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo
Arranged for bassoon & concert band, parts and score included. Edition Viento, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-486   
(#X-486) $41.50

von Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rhondo Opus 35
Bassoon and piano reduction. Edition Schott, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-186   
(#X-186) $20.95

von Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F Major Op 75
Kalmus Edition, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-64   
(#X-64) $10.95


Julius Weissenborn: Capriccio Op 14
For bassoon & piano. Edition Kalmus, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-543   
(#X-543) $8.95

Julius Weissenborn: Romance in E flat Major, Op 3
For bassoon & piano. Edition International, difficulty:4
See recordings of  X-544   
(#X-544) $8.75

Julius Weissenborn: Six Trios for 3 Bassoons, Op. 4
Edition Musica Rara, difficulty:3
See recordings of  X-693    See Full Music List
(#X-693) $32.45


Julius Weissenborn: Two Pieces op 9
For bassoon & piano. Edition International, difficulty:2-3
See recordings of  X-545   
(#X-545) $7.75

Dan Welcher: The Wind Won't Listen
Fantasy for Bassoon and String Quartet. Dedicated to Steven Dibner and based on the poem "Split" by Beth Gylys. Parts and score. Edition Elkan-Vogel, difficulty:5
(#X-760) $89.95

Richard Wernick: Games of Menoretti
Five pieces for unaccompanied bassoon. Edition Presser, difficulty: 5
See Full Music List
(#X-713) $9.95


John Williams: The Five Sacred Trees
Bassoon & piano. Edition Hal Leonard, difficulty:5
This is currently out of print, the publisher tells us "Last I heard was that the composer is doing some revision on this piece. I'm not sure when it will be back in print". Please email us at sales@forrestsmusic.com if you would like us to notify you when it becomes available.
See recordings of  X-280   
(#X-280) Unavailable

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Concertino in F, op. 16
For bassoon, with piano reduction by Ugo Solazzi. Edition Ricordi, difficulty:3
(#X-642) $16.95

Isang Yun: Monolog for Bassoon
Edition Boosey & Hawkes, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-433   
(#X-433) $13.95


Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Solo bassoon with piano reduction. Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony. Edition Merion Music, difficulty:5
See recordings of  X-228   
(#X-228) $26.95

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