Select Bibliography for Modern Non-Standard Bassoons


Babin, Cl. Francois. "Improving Bassoon Fingering." Woodwind Magazine 5/8 (April 1955): 4, 9. Contains a fingering chart from F#2-C3 and charts and pictures of the boot joint of the author's key mechanism.

Brindley, Giles. "The Logical Bassoon." The Galpin Society Journal 21 (March 1968): 154-156. A1-E5. Giles presents a fingering chart for his one-of-a-kind electric bassoon.

Cuciureanu, Gheorghe. "More on the Teachings of Gheorghe Cuciureanu and the Cuciureanu System Bassoon." The Double Reed 4/3 (December 1981): 6-9. Gives the text of his lecture during the 1981 IDRS conference in Lubbock, Texas.

Cuciureanu, Gheorghe. "New Technical Facility and the Cuciureanu System Bassoon." The Double Reed 6/2 (Winter 1983): 56-57. A chart of fingerings are supplied for Capriciul 7 [Caprice 7], which was written by Cuciureanu to demonstrate the facility of his new system.

Cuciureanu, Gheorghe. "The Future of the Cuciureanu System Bassoon." The Double Reed 8/2 (Fall 1985): 26-29. A chart of fingerings are supplied for Caprice 7a and Caprice 8, which was written by Cuciureanu to demonstrate the facility of his new system.



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