The Bassoon BBoard

The Bassoon BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Re: bassoon system

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2008-06-15 18:44

Yes, the bassoon situation paralles the clarinet world in that there are essentially two systems - French and German. However the positions are reversed in that the French bassoon is the gradual and sytematic evolution from the original baroque models whereas the German bassoon was the radical redesign from almost first principles by Karl Almenrader (I think thats how its spelt) working with the firm of Heckel.
Again like the clarinet world there has been a gradual shift in most countries from the "old" model to the "new". Now even in France a high proportion of players use the German system bassoon and some french orchestras even insist on them. The Paris opera orchestra is one of the main bastions of the old french system (despite earlier endevours of Daniel Baremboim when conductor of the opera to oust them.

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics