The bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made...
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Contrabassoon (redirect from Double bassoon)
The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller...
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contains a list of notable bassoon makers. The lists are split up according to the two different systems used to construct the bassoon. Rottenburgh family,...
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A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble, typically orchestra. Like bassoon sonatas, bassoon concerti were relatively...
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The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy is a nonfiction book authored by American actor Rainn Wilson. It is a combination of a coming-of-age...
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An oboe–bassoon–piano trio is a chamber music ensemble made up of one oboe, one bassoon, and one piano, or the name of a piece written for such a group...
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A bassoon sonata is a larger-scale work for bassoon, usually with keyboard accompaniment. Most bassoon sonatas are substantial, multi-movement works, often...
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Bassoon Concerto may refer to: Bassoon concerto, a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble Bassoon Concerto (Jolivet) Bassoon Concerto (Mozart)...
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Rackett (redirect from Sausage bassoon)
sausage bassoon is a Renaissance-era double reed wind instrument, introduced late in the sixteenth century and already superseded by bassoons at the end...
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Look up bassoon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bassoon refers to a musical instrument. Bassoon may also refer to: Bassoon, a three-stage thermonuclear...
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Tenoroon (redirect from Mini-Bassoon)
tenor bassoon or tenoroon is a member of the bassoon family of double reed woodwind instruments. Similar to the alto bassoon, also called octave bassoon, it...
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Brass Eye (redirect from Shatner's bassoon)
The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon" (altering the user's perception of time), while also giving them a bloated...
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Serpent (instrument) (redirect from Russian Bassoon)
contemporary manufacturers. The sound of a serpent is somewhere between a bassoon and a euphonium, and it is typically played in a seated position, with...
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The Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e, is a bassoon concerto written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the most often performed and...
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A Bassoon quintet is a piece of chamber music for bassoon and four other instruments, normally a string quartet. Quintets for bassoon and string quartet...
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Double reed (section Example: Bassoon)
anglais (English horn). Oboe reeds are usually 7 mm (0.3 in) in width, while bassoon reeds are wider, from 13.5 to 15.9 mm (0.53–0.63 in). Since the width of...
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the bassoon. Bassoon Concerto First movement of Mozart's Bassoon Concerto Excerpt from the first movement of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony Bassoon performance...
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List of compositions by Eugène Bozza (section Bassoon)
Ballade for tenor trombone and orchestra, Op. 62 (1944) Concertino for bassoon and chamber orchestra, Op. 49 (1946) Concerto for cello and orchestra,...
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The Monsoon Bassoon were an English independent rock band active between 1995 and 2001, notable for their exceptionally complex and energetic music. During...
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Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds (redirect from Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra K. 297b)
William McColl (clarinet), Robert Bonnevie (horn), and Arthur Grossman (bassoon), with the Casals Festival Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Schneider...
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method books and the system innovations he made to the “Buffet” style bassoon. He, along with his contemporary and fellow bassoonist Julius Weissenborn...
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Thunemann) and the Royal College of Music (Kerry Camden). He has been principal bassoon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, together with Ronald Karten, since...
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therefore from the woodwind quartet (usually flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon), brass quartet (usually two trumpets, horn or baritone horn, and trombone)...
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Zhaleika Algaita Aulos Balaban (instrument) (Azerbaijan) Bassanelli Bassoon Soprano bassoon Tenoroon Contrabassoon Biforaers (Sicily) Bombardeers (France)...
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The Sonate pour clarinette et basson (Sonata for clarinet and bassoon), FP 32a, is a piece of chamber music composed by Francis Poulenc in 1922. This...
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Piano pedals (redirect from Bassoon pedal)
sometimes found on early pianos are the lute stop, moderator or celeste, bassoon, buff, cembalo, and swell. The lute pedal created a pizzicato-type sound...
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Carl Almenräder (section Bassoon development)
modern bassoon owes a great deal to Almenräder, who, assisted by the German acoustics researcher Gottfried Weber developed the 17-key bassoon whose range...
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the DC Animated Movie Universe. Wilson published his autobiography, The Bassoon King, in 2015, and cofounded the digital media company SoulPancake in 2008...
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French composer André Jolivet wrote his Concerto for Bassoon, String Orchestra, Harp and Piano in 1953–1954. It was premièred on 30 November 1954 by Maurice...
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Spanish: bajón, and Portuguese: baixão. The predecessor of the modern bassoon, it flourished between 1550 and 1700, but was probably invented earlier...
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