Difficult Passages

Bassoon Fingerings for Difficult Passages
(German System, Heckel, fingerings)

This database is collected from over 40 years of publications and other sources. Entries are arranged by composer's surname, composition, and contributor's surname. Two important references are abbreviated in this database. Please see abbreviations.

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Bartok, Bela
- Concerto for Orchestra

Beethoven, Ludwig
- Second Symphony
- Fourth Symphony

Berlioz, Hector
- Phantistische Symphonie

Bizet, Georges
- Carmen, Entracte

Borodin, Alexander

Symphony No. 2, Mov. 4 (Christopher Weait, 2022 Jan., via Facebook)

Brahms, Johannes
- Second Symphony

Britten, Benjamin
- Albert Herring
- A Midsummer Night's Dream

Campo, David
- Ouverture En Form D'Ėtoiles pour orchestre (2004)

Carter, Elliott
- Eight Etudes and a Fantasy

Dahl, Ingolf
- Wind Quintet

Debussy, Claude
- Iberia

Etler, Alvin
- Sonata for Bassoon and Piano

Ewell, Terry B.
- Gethsemane for Solo Bassoon

Françaix, Jean
- Serenade for Small Orchestra

Harbison, John
- Wind Quintet

Hindemith, Paul
- Sonata for Bassoon and Piano

Hines, Edward J.
- Yeni Makam 1

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
- Bassoon Concerto

Jacob, Gordon
- Concerto for Bassoon and Strings

Jolivet, André
- Bassoon Concerto

Jones, Mason, arr.; Ravel, Maurice
- Le Tombeau de Couperin (Wind Quintet)

Ligeti, Gyorgy
- Sechs Bagatellen

Mendelssohn, Felix
- Fourth Symphony, "The Italian"

Milde, L.
- Studies in all Keys, Op. 24, no. 1

Mozart, W. A.
- Bassoon Concerto
- Magic Flute
- Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Sinfonie Concertante
- Symphony 35, "Hoffner"

Orff, Carl
- Carmina Burana

Osborne, Willson
- Rhapsody for Bassoon

Prokofiev, Sergei
- Violin Concerto No. 1

Ravel, Maurice
- Bolero
- Piano Concerto in G

Reinhard, Johnny
- Dune for Bassoon

Respighi, Ottorino
- Pines of Rome

Rossini, Gioacchino
- La gazza ladra

Saint-Saëns, Camille
- Sonata pour basson avec accompagnement de piano, op. 168

Schoenberg, Arnold
- Kammersymphonie No. II

Schuman, William
- Third Symphony

Spohr, Louis
- Adagio für Fagott und Klavier

Strauss, Richard
- Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28

Stravinsky, Igor
- Firebird Suite
- l'Histoire du soldat
- Octet

Pulcinella Suite

Rite of Spring

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch
- Fourth Symphony
- Fifth Symphony
- Sixth Symphony
- Capricio Italien

Nutcracker Suite

Romeo and Juliet

Tomasi, Henri
- Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées

Vivaldi, Antonio
- Concerto in E minor for Bassoon, Strings and Cembalo

Wagner, Richard
- Tristan and Isolde

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