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On a recent Composers Date Book (February 11,2020) it described the bassoon as the "Clown of the Orchestra. The bassoon is a large wind instrument. It rimes with the word "Buffoon". from that word we get the term "Opera Buffa" which is a term word comic opera. The bassoon is also known as a "fagott"
The Bassoon developed in the 18th Century. It is a woodwind instrument. It looks like a long pipe. It has been used in some Jazz Music but not frequently. It is associated with orchestras. It is usually part of a marching band. There have been some chamber music written for the Bassoon. I like the sound of the Bassoon. There have been very little concertos or chamber music written for this instrument. however it does have a big part in many orchestra pieces. In the theme music for the CBS Radio Mystery Theater in the 70's and early 80's, it has a big part. It can be associated with music for Halloween and other macabre movies. Franz Kromer (1759-18310 wrote quartets for bassoon and strings. Mozart wrote a well known concerto for Bassoon (K191). There are several other concertos for bassoon but not in the last century. Vivaldi, Hummmel, Johan Christian Bach all wrote concertos for the Bassoon. Edward Elgar wrote a Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra (Opus#62). Elgar is mainly remembered for his Pomp and Circumstance march which is played at graduations. The bassoon sounds like a basso but plays the tenor part in the double reed section opposed with the oboe and English horn which are soprano and alto. The contra bassoon is a bigger bassoon which looks like a drain pipe. The predecessor to the bassoon is the dulcian which had one part. The bassoon has several parts including the reed. I like the sound of the bassoon. I have a copy of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto. It features Gunter Piesk o the bassoon with Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic on the EMI label. I am not as familiar with the other bassoon concertos as of now.
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