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TIL Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, is the only surviving bassoon concerto of the five concertos that he wrote for it. The bassoon was already a well-established solo instrument in the Baroque period, having inspired Antonio Vivaldi to write 39 concertos for bassoon

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