Larghetto from "Xerxes" HWV40 (score & parts) - 4BSN or 5BSN

Larghetto from "Xerxes" HWV 40
for four bassoons or five bassoons
by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) - German Baroque composer

Arranged by Trevor Cramer. The fourth bassoon part and the contrabassoon part are basically identical. Thus, this arrangement may be performed as a quartet of four bassoons (or three bassoons and contrabassoon) or as a quintet with the bass line doubled.