This 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.

In 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.

The 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.

This 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.