Bassoon
The Literature and Pedagogy Guides are designed for use by music performance and pedagogy faculty and students. Included in these guides are listing of call number ranges and subject headings for browsing/accessing books, journals, scores, and audio/visual recordings by specific instruments, family of instruments, and major ensembles. Online resources such as links to notable professional organizations and commonly used web sites and blogs are also included.
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BROWSING AND CATALOG SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER RANGES
Call Numbers
- M75-M79 Bassoon alone
- M253-M254 Bassoon and piano
- M1026 Bassoon with orchestra (full score)
- M1027 Bassoon with orchestra (piano reduction)
- M1126 Bassoon with string orchestra (full score)
- M1127 Bassoon with string orchestra (piano reduction)
- ML128.B26 Bassoon music-Bibliography
- ML128.W5 Woodwind music-Bibliography
- ML950-ML953 General: history and construction, music and playing
- MT400-MT408 Bassoon techniques (including orchestral excerpts)
Subject Headings
- BASSOON
- BASSOON--CONSTRUCTION
- BASSOON--HISTORY
- BASSOON--ORCHESTRA STUDIES
- BASSOON--REEDS
- BASSOON--STUDIES AND EXERCISES
- BASSOON AND . . . or BASSOON WITH . . .
- BASSOON MUSIC
- BASSOONISTS
- musical form (BASSOON), e.g., CONCERTO (BASSOON), SONATA (BASSOON), etc.
PRINT RESOURCES (in the Reference Room)
Reference Books
Beebe, Jon P. Music for unaccompanied solo bassoon : an annotated bibliography. Jefferson,
N.C.: McFarland, c1990. – Ref ML128.B26 B43 1990
Fletcher, Kristine Klopfenstein. The Paris Conservatoire and the contest solos for bassoon. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1988. – Stacks ML128.B26 F6 1988
Lipori, Daniel G. A researcher’s guide to the bassoon. Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, c2002. – Ref ML128.B26 L56 2002
Wilkins, Wayne. The index of bassoon music. Magnolia, AR: The Music Register, 1976. – Ref ML128.B2W5
Also See:
Merriman, Lyle. Woodwind research guide : a selective bibliography of materials pertaining to the literature, development, and acoustics of woodwind instruments. Evanston, Ill. : Instrumentalist Co., c1978. – Ref ML128.W5 M5
Secrist-Schmedes, Barbera. Wind chamber music : for two to sixteen winds : an annotated guide. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002. - Ref ML128.W5 S43 2002
Voxman, Himie. Woodwind solo and study material music guide. Evanston, Ill. : Instrumentalist Co., c1975. – Ref ML128.W5 V73
Journals
Journal of the International Double Reed Society - REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1.I718
Also See:
Chamber music. – REF (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1 .C353
The Instrumentalist. – REF (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1 .I5
Journal of band research. – REF (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1300 .A1 J6
Directories
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts - REF. STACKS – ML13.M83 2005.
***Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
Music for Per [sound recording] : Per Hannevold and friends play music by Maslanka, Lassen & Westby. Compact disc. - Ask at desk: CD14518
Baroque fireworks [sound recording] : Telemann, Vivaldi & Zelenka. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD14226
Bassoon brasileiro [sound recording] / Heitor Villa Lobos & Francisco Mignone. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD14227
Romanze of Weissenborn [sound recording] : music of Julius Weissenborn for bassoon and piano and three bassoon trios. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD13643
Bassoon images from the Americas [sound recording]. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD11503
A bassoonist’s voice [sound recording]. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD11921
David DeBolt, bassoon [sound recording]. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: M462 .H39 1995
Music for double reeds [sound recording]. - Compact disc. Ask at desk: CD10245
ONLINE RESOURCES
Bassoon Fingering Charts – http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/bassoon/
Bassoon.org - http://www.bassoon.org/
British Double Reed Society - http://www.bdrs.org.uk/
Doublereed-L, the listserv for doublereeders - http://www.wuacc.edu/cas/music/doublereed-l/
International Double Reed Society - http://www.idrs.org/
IDRS Listserv - http://idrs.colorado.edu/Idrs.index/index.OnLine.html
McFarland Double Reed Shop - http://www.mcfarlanddoublereed.com/
Midwest Double Reed Society - http://www.mdrs.org/
Midsouth Double Reed Society - http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/mdrs/
Also see:
American Federation of Musicians – http://www.afm.org
National Association for Music Education – http://www.menc.org
Music Teachers National Association – http://www.mtna.org
*Call numbers apply to UT held items only
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pauline Bayne and Nathalie Hristov, Revised August 2007

