60 Easy Classics for Bassoon

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60 Easy Classics for Bassoon is a fantastic collection of favourite melodies by the world’s most famous composers, and a few that are less well known arranged especially for bassoon players of around Grades 1–4 standard starting with the easiest and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Bassoon.

Assuming a knowledge of the bassoon and music reading, most are short pieces giving a taste of the music (not the entire banquet) and are a half page, others longer; with plenty of familiar melodies, this collection may be enjoyed year after year. Fun to play, ideal for entertaining the family, also great for sight-reading practice.

Includes: O sole mio, La ci darem la mano, Overture The Barber of Seville, Humming Song, Ariette, Winter from The Four Seasons, The Anvil Chorus, Chaconne from The Fairy Queen, Prélude from Te Deum, Étude by Chopin, Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Theme from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Nessun Dorma, La Réjoissance by Handel, Purcell’s Rigaudon,, La Folia, Theme and Waltz from Danse Macabre, Theme from Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1, Gavotte by Gossec, Largo from The New World Symphony, Skaters’ Waltz, Tambourin by Rameau, Romance, Ravel’s Boléro, 1812 Overture, Minuet by Bach, Gnossienne 1, Hallelujah Chorus, Scheherazade, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Aquarium and Fossils from Carnival of the Animals, Hallelujah Chorus, Dance of the Cygnets from Swan Lake, Carol of the Bells, Funiculi Funicula, Colonel Bogey March and many more. Assuming a knowledge of the recorder and music reading, most are short pieces giving a taste of the music (not the entire banquet) and are a half page, others longer; with plenty of familiar melodies, this collection may be enjoyed year after year. Fun to play, ideal for entertaining the family, also great for sight-reading practice.

A Play Along Soundtrack is available for this book for free.

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Instrumentation

• Part 1: Bassoon