Selected Books
Bassoon Reed Making 4th Edition by Popkin and Glickman
If you have one bassoon reed making book in your library – this is the one to have. A timeless masterpiece of bassoon literature.
The most recently updated and edited 4th edition of “Bassoon Reed Making” by Mark Popkin and Loren Glickman.
Referred to as ‘The Bible of Bassoon Reed Making’ for good reason. Detailed instructions, voluminous references, highly instructive photos, and a historical perspective of the elusive art of bassoon reed making by two revered master bassoon teachers.
Quick Guide to Bassoon Reed Tuning by Mark Eubanks
Mark Eubanks has created a recipe for tuning bassoon reeds. Built on his earlier
publications, he presents a new step-by-step method for complete reed tuning. This
booklet also includes a synopsis of bassoon reed design elements that affect tuning,
and additional tuning factors related to the bassoon, bocal and tone production
issues. The publication is packed with information to help the bassoonist go to a
problem, test it and fix it.
This valuable reference material is the result of nearly 50 years of research,
innovation, professional reed making, major symphony orchestra performance,
recording and teaching. Every bassoonist from the novice to the professional will
benefit from new insights to help tame “the unruly beast.” From those who have
previewed and helped in making this publication possible, it has been described as
an “Incredible work. The more I look, the more I learn.” The universal comment has
been “WOW!”
The Banana of Life: Peeling Away the Mysteries of Reed Making for the Bassoon by Rian Craypo
A comprehensive exploration of reed making for the bassoon in the style of Norman Herzberg and Benjamin Kamins. Author Rian Craypo has been Principal Bassoon of the Houston Symphony since 2007.
Das Fagott by Werner Seltmann
The Bassoon: A Tutor in Six Volumes. Volume One includes text, etudes, tone studies, and technical exercises. In German and English.
The First Complete Weissenborn Method Ed. by Frank Morelli
For the first time, Weissenborn’s Method and both volumes of his Opus 8 Studies are presented in one book, revised and expanded by noted bassoonist and teacher Frank Morelli. This edition includes Ludwig Milde’s Scale and Chord Studies, a new and innovative Study Key, and additional lessons that introduce all notes beyond high Bb to high E. The book offers comprehensive, basic, and advanced pedagogical instruction from Julius Weissenborn as well as Frank Morelli through various studies, methods, and techniques. With thirty-six newly added duets based upon popular themes and many important orchestral bassoon solos, fingering charts, and a revised and expanded glossary, this is a truly complete landmark volume.