A survey of chamber music for bassoon and strings

This creative project has made a survey of chamber music for bassoon and strings. A representative listing of chamber works for this combination has been included in the work. The listing tells the name of the Composer, his dates, the title of the composition, instrumentation, publisher, and. the composer's nationality.The project has made an analysis of two significant chamber compositions for bassoon and strings. The works analyzed in this project area: Variations on an Ancient Melody, and Karl Almenrader, and Quartet in C Major Opus 73 No. 1, Francois Devienne.In addition to a survey of chamber music for bassoon and strings, the project has male a comparison to other wind-string combinations.The final part has made an analysis of the preparation and performance aspects of the Gordon Jacob Suits for Bassoon and String Quartet.School of MusicThesis (M.M.