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Bassoon: A Starting Guide


Part I: Where to Find Bassoon Music in the UNLV Music Library

Solo bassoon: M75-M79
Bassoon with piano/keyboard: M253-M254
Chamber music including woodwinds (NOTE: Not all works in these areas will include bassoon): Bassoon with orchestra: M1026-1027
Bassoon with string orchestra: M1126-1127
Instruction and study: MT400-405 (Lied Library Stacks)
Studies and exercises: MT400-405 (Music Library)
Orchestra studies: MT406
History of the bassoon: ML950-951 (Lied Library Stacks)

See also our list of Bassoon Compact Discs in the UNLV Music Library on this site.

Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Bassoon

Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of bassoon with other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a keyword search including the term "bassoon."

Bassoon Music
Sonatas (Bassoon)
Bassoon and piano music
Sonatas (Bassoon and piano)
Concertos (Bassoon)
Bassoon with orchestra
Concertos (Bassoon with string orchestra)
Bassoon with string orchestra
Bassoon--History
Bassoon--Instruction and study
Bassoon--Studies and exercises
Bassoon--Orchestra studies

Part III: Useful Sources

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online). London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access

Bassoon Repertoire

Beebe, Jon P. Music for Unaccompanied Solo Bassoon. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1990.
Music Ref. ML128.B26 B43 1990

Fletcher, Kristine Klopfenstein. The Paris Conservatoire and the Contest Solos for Bassoon. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1988.
Music Ref. ML128.B26 F6 1988

Wilkins, Wayne. The Index of Bassoon Music, Including the Index of Baroque Trio Sonatas. Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, 1976.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.B25 W5 1976

Reed Making

McKay, James The Bassoon Reed Manual: Lou Skinner's Theories and Techniques. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2000.
Lied Book Stacks ML951 .M35 2000

Weait, Christopher. Bassoon Reed-Making: a Basic Technique. New York, NY: McGinnis & Marx Music Publishers, 2000.
Lied Book Stacks ML951 .W4 2000

Ensemble Repertoire

Cobbett, Walter Willson. Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, c1963.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C7 1988

Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw, c1997.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C78 1997

Gillaspie, Jon A., Marshall Stoneham, David Lindsey Clark. Wind Ensemble Catalog. (Music reference collection ; no. 63) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Music Ref. ML128.W5 G52 1998

Part IV: Periodicals

The Double Reed
Lied Periodicals ML929.D69

Journal / International Double Reed Society
Lied Periodicals ML1 .I718

The Woodwind Quarterly
Lied Periodicals ML929 .W66

Chamber Music
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C353