Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major
work by Saint-Saëns
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The Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G Major, Op. 168, is one of three woodwind sonatas composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1921. These works were intended to highlight instruments that were less frequently featured in music. The sonata is in the key of G major, which is characterized by a key signature of one sharp. Saint-Saëns wrote these pieces near the end of his life, aiming to give prominence to instruments like the bassoon, oboe, and clarinet, which had seen diminished attention after the Baroque era.12
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