Introduction
This page collects selected resources with information on the history, construction, and notable performers of your instrument available at MPAL! For suggestions to help you do some searching on your own for related material, refer to the call number and subject heading recommendations at the bottom of the page. As always, if you have any trouble finding material in the Library or navigating the catalog, don't hesitate to ask at the service desk!
Materials Available at MPAL and Online
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The Bassoon
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Call Number: ML950 .K66B3 2012 & OnlinePublication Date: 2012This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years’ experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today’s bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. -
A researcher's guide to the bassoon
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Call Number: ML128.B26 L57Publication Date: 2002In recent years several research guides have become available dealing with composers, and also numerous publications listing available sheet music have surfaced, but very little has been printed concerning research on individual instruments. Into this void now appears Dr. Lipori's work, which should ease the pain of researching for bassoonists everywhere, as it contains a comprehensive listing of articles on bassoon related topics from important sources.
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The bassoon and double bassoon; a short history of their origin, development, and makers by
Call Number: 788.8 L26B (Oak Street Library)Publication Date: 1948 -
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Rudolf Klepač : monografija = Rudolf Klepač : monographie
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Call Number: Main Library Stacks, 788.58092 K663p:CRA translated biography of the Croatian bassoonist Rudolf Klepač. -
Altid allerede elsket : en musiker finder fred i eget hus by
Call Number: ML419.B195 A5 2017An autobiography of the Danish bassoonist Peter Bastian.
Note: periodicals are arranged alphabetically in MPAL.
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The Double ReedPublication Date: 1978 to PresentThe Double Reed is the flagship quarterly publication for the International Double Reed Society, containing various articles, news of interest, reviews, and items related to double reed instruments. The library has all issues of the journal from its beginning in 1978 to its current publications.
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The Journal of the International Double Reed SocietyPublication Date: 1973 to 1998This resource was the annual publication by the International Double Reed Society from the years 1973 to 1998 before becoming part of The Double Reed. The library has all published issues of this periodical during its run.