Sheet Music for Bassoon

Seven entertaining pieces Grades 2 - 5. Very popular with the UK exam boards.

As I sit myself down to write this brief foreword, I ask myself can there be music more stirring than these old Cornish folk melodies? Though not Cornish myself (I confess to being born a little furth...

As I sit myself down to write this brief foreword, I ask myself can there be music more stirring than these old Cornish folk melodies? Though not Cornish myself (I confess to being born a little furth...

Chris Allen's hugely successful Progressive Studies for Clarinet share the same aims as these: to provide students with instructive material written in a modern style to supplement existing, though mo...

Chris Allen's hugely successful Progressive Studies for Clarinet share the same aims as these: to provide students with instructive material written in a modern style to supplement existing, though mo...

Sumptuous jazz style.

Sumptuous jazz style.

Polka-dots: There are three contrasting types of expression for the bassoonist here. The opening phrase is staccato which is followed (at bar 11) by a sustained counter melody. Finally (at bar 19) bot...

Polka-dots: There are three contrasting types of expression for the bassoonist here. The opening phrase is staccato which is followed (at bar 11) by a sustained counter melody. Finally (at bar 19) bot...

Bodhán: The melody here is very broken up, so breathe and be ready for the next entry in good time. Don't drag behind the "drum" in the piano part. Notice that only some of the notes are marked stacca...

Bodhán: The melody here is very broken up, so breathe and be ready for the next entry in good time. Don't drag behind the "drum" in the piano part. Notice that only some of the notes are marked stacca...

Drunken Sailor - the sequel: This needs a plaintive tone especially in the upper register where the dynamics are particularly important. To capture the mood of the piece those slurs in bars 35 and 36,...

Drunken Sailor - the sequel: This needs a plaintive tone especially in the upper register where the dynamics are particularly important. To capture the mood of the piece those slurs in bars 35 and 36,...

March of the Day: The piece has three main ideas each in the contrasting keys of Bb, Eb and F majors. Can you find a different character for each one? Rondolettinetto: This is all about building phras...

March of the Day: The piece has three main ideas each in the contrasting keys of Bb, Eb and F majors. Can you find a different character for each one? Rondolettinetto: This is all about building phras...

Two beautiful contrasting rags: The Entertainer and Bethena.

Two beautiful contrasting rags: The Entertainer and Bethena.

Originally published by Phylloscopus Publications, this edition has been prepared by C.M.M. Nex and F.H. Nex from the manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. This version for bassoon a...

Originally published by Phylloscopus Publications, this edition has been prepared by C.M.M. Nex and F.H. Nex from the manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. This version for bassoon a...

The famous work, originally for clarinet and piano, here arranged for bassoon by Martin Gatt, ex-LPO, LSO, ECO, and Professor of Bassoon at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for 20 years.

Piano score plus bassoon and basso continuo parts included. Antoine Dard ("Mr Dard") was a French composer, born in 1715 in Burgundy. Hardly anything is known about his musical education, although it...

Piano score plus bassoon and basso continuo parts included. Antoine Dard ("Mr Dard") was a French composer, born in 1715 in Burgundy. Hardly anything is known about his musical education, although it...

Playing score. Composer: 1792-1873. 32 Studies for Bassoon (transcribed from 25 Famous Studies for Flute). Studies such as these are rare in the bassoon repertoire and Martin Gatt saw the need for tea...

Playing score. Composer: 1792-1873. 32 Studies for Bassoon (transcribed from 25 Famous Studies for Flute). Studies such as these are rare in the bassoon repertoire and Martin Gatt saw the need for tea...

A Brahms sonata for bassoon and piano (at last!), transcribed by Martin Gatt. Martin is a professor of bassoon at the RCM. The first edition of this work was published by Phylloscopus Publications.