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>> >International Double Reed Society >> >Library Holdings - Music: Solo Bassoon >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >The following is music for Solo Bassoon. The entries in this list are >> >sorted by Composer. >> >> (long list of works deleted) >> >> I think John P. may have (and if not, I am) been referring not to works >> written for unaccompanied bassoon, or featuring the bassoon, but rather >> spontaneous realtime composition and performance over a pre-decided >> backing, i.e., a hot bassoon solo in the pop music sense. > >All John requested was "Point out a killer bassoon solo" to which >Dave complied. Sorry to nitpick but he didn't specify a pop music >context. > >Even if he did, does it really matter? A killer bassoon solo is a killer >solo regardles of genre. The definition of a "solo" varies by genre. A "solo" in the classical music genre most often refers to a precomposed (by someone other than the instrumentalist) section of music. I believe a cadenza is the term for an improvised solo performance, but I think that this is usually unaccompanied, and occurs at the beginning or end of a composed piece. A "solo" in pop-derived music (including for this purpose, jazz) usually refers to something composed by the instrumentalist, usually in some semblance of realtime. In a live context (to kill the topic of punch-in's or comp'ed performances), it's usually improvised, perhaps using previous improvisations as a guide or starting place. Following the jazz tradition, I would say that in it's purest sense, the "solo" within pop music is different each time. I think a good case can also be made that most "solos" in pop-music are ego-driven displays, designed to cut heads, or earn the Blow Job (as Zappa said). To deny this is noble, but inaccurate. Travis