| The study of orchestral excerpts is essential for those who aspire to orchestral or teaching positions. This document contains a database of thirty-nine published orchestral excerpt collections for bassoon in or out of print. An overview of the collections provides general information on the compilers or editors, the contents, and other information pertinent to a specific collection. A comparison was made between three collections to illustrate how excerpt collections for bassoon evolved over the one hundred-year publication period. Many people are interested in excerpts and auditions however, few studies or articles have been dedicated to this subject. The compilation of the database fills a void in bassoon pedagogy. |
