Links
I have included links where relevant on each page. This page brings these links together, and includes some other important ones as well.
Reeds Makers History of the Bassoon Support, Advice, Friends
Reeds:
Advanced:
For those who looking for guidance on
how to make a genuine baroque style reed, and how
it should differ from modern reeds, the following page by Professor
David Rachor, University of Northern Iowa School of Music, offers invaluable
advice.
http://www.uni.edu/~rachor/art_baroque_links.html
Ms Uchida Yuka has a baroque bassoon home page, most of which
is in Japanese, but she has provided an English translation for her page on reed
dimensions, which contains some more examples than above, and she also has a
page on how to make a reed that works on a Verjat/Eichentopf replica, although
the reed she describes is actually just an enlarged version of a reed for a
German bassoon (but, what the heck, it works!).
This is the link to her page (English version)
http://hrj.hp.infoseek.co.jp/hrj_e/bf/index.htm
Hans Mons dulcian home page now has a page for makers of historical bassoons.
Highly recommended!
www.hansmons.com/bassoons/
For other makers, please consult the Makers' Page on this site.
History of the bassoon:
Dulcian: Hans Mons has a superb home page on the dulcian. Moreover, as many
makers of baroque bassoon also make dulcians, his page on makers has wonderful
photographs of both many makers and their works. Highly recommended!
http://hansmons.com/dulcians/index.html
Support and Advice:
The International Double-reed Society has a site which is an invaluable
resource. Their discussion list has provided me with invaluable information and
support over the years, and the archives contain articles by leading scholars
and performer/teachers on relevant subjects. Both this site and its discussion
list are oriented primarily towards modern bassoons and oboes, but there is also
much that is either directed straight at historical instruments, or which also
applies equally. COMPULSORY!!!
http://www.idrs.org
The Early Music Site: Invaluable discussion and advice specifically
related to Early Music, but not specifically double-reed. For beginners, if you
have the time and energy, I suggest subscribing to the discussion lists of both
this and the IDRS. However, both these organisations charge a membership fee.
http://www.earlymusic.net/
Friends:
Repertoire for
Voice and Obbligato Bassoon
A site listing over 200 pieces for voice and obbligato bassoon, with cross
references to recordings and music sources. For some pieces you download the
score directly from this site. If you have trouble getting a printout, I suggest
that you try saving the music to your disk as an "mht" file, open this file with
a word processor, and then check whether you can get a printout using the
"Preview" function on your word processor.
Links to other bassoon resources:
http://bassoon.org/
Missing Links
The link page at Amoris has links to many other sources, and they also publish
their own music.
http://www.amoris.com
Groups
Trio Passagio
www.gfhandel.org/bleissa/passaggio.htm
