Arias with obbligato bassoon c.1690-1850
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Last revised 14 March, 2012
Welcome to this website which lists obbligato repertoire for bassoon in vocal
works written between c.1690 and 1850. Please select your link from the summary above. Full details of each work are given in the listing for each composer.
Note:
These works have been classified and listed briefly in various
categories. To find full details of each work, including download
options, go to the Each Composer link above and click the composer's
name.
Highlights of this collection:
- Listing of about 300 arias with obbligato bassoon from circa 1690-1850.
- An aria from Handel’s Messiah in a 1786 version with obbligato bassoon.
- Tuba Mirum from the Mozart Requiem published by Breitkopf in 1800 with solo bassoon.
- Arias with virtuoso obbligati by the Bach sons, Naumann, Righini, Sacchini, Himmel and Paisiello.
- About 40 Telemann arias with obbligato bassoon(s).
- Over 20 Handel arias with obbligato bassoon(s).
- In nine Steffani operas, there are 19 arias with obbligato bassoon; scores of 16 arias are on-line here.
- A Vienna collection of 12 arias with obbligato bassoon(s) by Fux, Caldara and their contemporaries.
- Over 60 arias with obbligato bassoon by Christoph Graupner and Georg Gebel.
- YouTube links to performances of over 90 arias with prominent bassoon parts.
- Links to scores or solo parts for over 60 arias. Several hundred pages as .pdf files
Continuing up-dates are in preparation
Additions, comments and corrections are welcome
Jim Stockigt: jrs@netspace.net.au