History
An American Bassoonist retired from the Chicago Symphony, to his home town of South Whitley, Indiana to begin this company
What is Fox Products?
The standard length of a piece of cane
What is 120 mm?
This oboist started the "American School of Woodwind Playing"
Who is Marcel Tabuteau?
This composer has written the most bassoon concerti
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This violin concerto has a prominent second bassoon excerpt in the second movement
What is Brahms Violin?
This instrument was popular during the Renaissance and is the ancestor of the bassoon
What is the dulcian?
Mozart's age when he finished composing the bassoon concerto
What is 18?
The state in which the 2020 IDRS conference was supposed to be held
What/Where is Iowa?
Principal Bassoonist of the Cleveland Orchestra
Who is John Clouser?
A piece of music that contains an A-Flat/B-Flat trill
What is...
Mozart Concerto, Poulenc Trio, Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Sibelius Finlandia, Weber Andante & Rondo, Grovlez Sicilliene et Allegro Giocoso
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This bassoonist was Principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1957-2000 (and now 95!)
Who is Bernie Garfield?
Norman Herzberg's Father in Law was this renowned bassoonist
Who is Simon Kovar?
Symphony Orchestra that Norman Herzberg was a member of before moving to California
What is the St. Louis Symphony?
Composer of Sequenza XII for Solo Bassoon
Who is Luciano Berio?
This large scale work calls for a bassoon section of new fewer than 8! (with no contrabassoon)
What is Hector Berlioz's Requiem?
The middle name of Johann Hummel, who wrote one of the most prominent bassoon concerti
Who/What is Nepomuk?
Stravinsky was once quoted saying that if he knew bassoonists would play it so beautifully, he would have written the Rite of Spring opening in this key
What is E flat (up a minor third) ?
19th Century Russian Opera that begins with a bassoon solo
What is Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky?
This former member of the Baltimore Symphony is the author of "The Bassoon Reed Manual"
Who is Lou Skinner?
This ballet has a one-note contrabassoon solo that occurs multiple times
What is Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky?
This living composer recently wrote a concerto for bassoon and reed quintet
Who is Jenni Brandon?
Famous actor whose autobiography is titled, "The Bassoon King"
Who is Rainn Wilson? (Dwight from The Office)
This is the country of Simon Kovar's birth
What/Where is Lithuania?
This Philadelphia Orchestra Bassoonist taught at UT before Professor Jensen
Who is Angela Anderson Smith?
This symphony ends with nothing but a low B flat in the bassoons
What is Carl Nielsen's 6th?