While not the most famous instrument, and sometimes unfairly seen as comical, the bassoon has had surprising staying power in terms of its place in the orchestra, becoming popular in some form during the Renaissance (albeit by a diiferent name – the dulcian) and remaining relevant throughout history.
Total playing time
2:31:07
Head of Curation
While not the most famous instrument, and sometimes unfairly seen as comical, the bassoon has had surprising staying power in terms of its place in the orchestra, becoming popular in some form during the Renaissance (albeit by a diiferent name – the dulcian) and remaining relevant throughout history.
Head of Curation
' stroke='%2336334F' stroke-width='4'%3E %3Cpolyline id='Path-2-Copy' points='14 191.17919 19.8070673 197 29 185'%3E%3C/polyline%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/svg%3E)
' fill='%23FFFFFF'%3E %3Cg id='Group-2' transform='translate(287.000000, 225.000000)'%3E %3Cpath d='M16.5417529,11.9937079 L26.8667752,18.6485075 C27.3309914,18.9477093 27.464762,19.5665819 27.1655601,20.0307982 C27.0990278,20.1340241 27.0140502,20.2241118 26.9148807,20.296552 L16.5898584,27.8386581 C16.1438848,28.1644279 15.5182631,28.0669835 15.1924933,27.6210098 C15.0674104,27.4497734 15,27.2432072 15,27.0311514 L15,12.8342457 C15,12.281961 15.4477153,11.8342457 16,11.8342457 C16.1921544,11.8342457 16.3802399,11.8896077 16.5417529,11.9937079 Z' id='icon-play'%3E%3C/path%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/svg%3E)
Play now
'%3E %3Cg id='Group' transform='translate(1139.000000, 450.000000)'%3E %3Ccircle id='Oval' stroke='%234B9CBC' cx='11' cy='11' r='10.5'%3E%3C/circle%3E %3Crect id='Rectangle' fill='%234B9CBC' x='5' y='10' width='10' height='2'%3E%3C/rect%3E %3Cpolyline id='Path-2' stroke='%234B9CBC' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' points='12 6.5 16 11 12 15.5'%3E%3C/polyline%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/svg%3E)
 - http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch --%3E %3Ctitle%3EPage 1 Copy%3C/title%3E %3Cdesc%3ECreated with Sketch.%3C/desc%3E %3Cdefs%3E%3C/defs%3E %3Cg id='Designs' stroke='none' stroke-width='1' fill='none' fill-rule='evenodd'%3E %3Cg id='200-Performance' transform='translate(-644.000000, -444.000000)' fill='%238A8A8A'%3E %3Cpath d='M645.555464,447.111111 C646.414501,447.111111 647.111111,446.414643 647.111111,445.555556 C647.111111,444.696468 646.414501,444 645.555464,444 C644.696428,444 644,444.696468 644,445.555556 C644,446.414643 644.696428,447.111111 645.555464,447.111111 Z M651,447.111111 C651.859087,447.111111 652.555556,446.414643 652.555556,445.555556 C652.555556,444.696468 651.859087,444 651,444 C650.140913,444 649.444444,444.696468 649.444444,445.555556 C649.444444,446.414643 650.140913,447.111111 651,447.111111 Z M656.444536,447.111111 C657.303572,447.111111 658,446.414643 658,445.555556 C658,444.696468 657.303572,444 656.444536,444 C655.585499,444 654.888889,444.696468 654.888889,445.555556 C654.888889,446.414643 655.585499,447.111111 656.444536,447.111111 Z' id='Page-1-Copy'%3E%3C/path%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/g%3E %3C/svg%3E)