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Thursday, 19 April 2012

A Brief History of the Bassoon – from Baroque to Modern


I recently watched this helpful video, by Sally Jackson (historical bassoon player and specialist), giving an overview of the development of the bassoon from Baroque, to Classical and then modern. Although this is a very short video, it helps to give an idea of where our much loved modern bassoon comes from, and the great thing is that Sally plays each instrument in turn so you get to compare the sound of the instruments through the three different periods in time. Here is the link:


Enjoy!

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