A bassoon sonata is a larger-scale work for bassoon, usually with keyboard accompaniment. Most bassoon sonatas are substantial, multi-movement works, often based on Classical sonata form. Bassoon sonatinas, by comparison, tend to be shorter works, often in a single movement. Like bassoon concertos, bassoon sonatas were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, at which point they became plentiful. During the twentieth century, the term bassoon sonata came to denote a wider range of works, including sonatas for solo bassoon and sonatas for bassoon in various duets with other instruments (such as cello or oboe).
Baroque
Giovanni Antonio Bertoli, nine sonatas (1645) Philipp Friedrich Böddecker, Sonata sopra "La Monica" (1651) Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, various sonatas (1730s) Johann Friedrich Fasch, Sonata in C (authorship uncertain)
Johann Ernst Galliard, six sonatas for bassoon or cello (1733) Luigi Merci, six sonatas for bassoon or cello, Op. 3 () Georg Philipp Telemann, Two Sonatas (F minor (1728) and E minor)
Classical
Johann Andreas Amon, Sonata Concertante in F Major, Op. 88
François Devienne, six sonatas (1788?) Miguel de Lope, Sonata for bassoon and continuo (1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B flat major, K. 292 (1775) Etienne Ozi, various sonatas Anton Reicha, Sonata in B flat, Op. Posth.
Romantic
Johannes Meinardus Coenen, Sonata in C Minor (c. 1864) William Hurlstone, Sonata in F Major (1904) Anton Liste, Sonata, Op. 3 (c. 1822) Josef Matern Marx, Sonata (c. 1830)
Julius Röntgen, Sonata in A Flat minor (1929) Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata in G major, Op. 168 (1921) Gustav Schreck, Sonata in E flat, Op. 9 (1887)
20th century
, Sonata (1981) Eduardo Alemann, Sonatina, Op. 72, No. 2 (1957) Jurriaan Andriessen, Sonata (1989) Susana Antón, Sonatina Hans Erich Apostel, Sonata, Op. 19, No. 3 for solo bassoon (1951) Violet Archer, Sonatina (1978), Sonata (1980) Edward Arteaga, Sonata (1993) Vyacheslav Artyomov, Sunday Sonata (1977) Boaz Avni, Sonata (1996) Robert Baksa, Sonata (1991, rev. 2005) Teimuraz Bakuradze, Sonata (1965) , Sonatina (1948) Richard Rodney Bennett, Sonata (1999) Niels Viggo Bentzon, Sonata, Op. 316 (1972) Olav Berg, Sonatine (1995) Antonio Bibalo, Sonata (1991) Willem Frederik Bon, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 32 (1970) , Sonatina (1966) Algimantas Bražinskas, Sonatina (1958) Victor Bruns, Three Sonatas, Op. 20 (1952), 45 (1969) and 86 (1988) David DeBoor Canfield, Sonata (1987) Romeo Cascarino, Sonata (1950) Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sonatina, Op. 130 (1946) Barney Childs, Sonata (1964) Arnold Cooke, Sonata (1988) Jean Coulthard, Lyric Sonatina (1970) Michael Cunningham, Parisian Sonata, Op. 72 (1981) , Sonata (1979) William D. Davis, Sonata (1969) Edison Denisov, Sonata for solo bassoon (1982) Pierre Max Dubois, Sonatine Tango (1984) Horst Ebenhöh, Sonatine, Op. 47/4 for bassoon solo (1987) Helmut Eder, Sonatina, Op. 34/3 (1963) , Sonata (1969) Willard Somers Elliot, Sonata (1998) Iván Erőd, Sonata Milanese, Op. 47 (1985) Alvin Etler, Sonata (1951) Eberhard Eyser, Sonata for bassoon solo (1973) Ferenc Farkas, Sonatina Based on Hungarian Folk Songs for double bass, cello or bassoon and piano (1955); Sonate Romantique (1985) Heinrich Feischner, Sonatina (c1936) Jindřich Feld, Sonatine (1969) Bjørn Fongaard, Three Sonatas, Op. 109, No. 1 (1971) and Op. 125, Nos. 14 and 15 (1973); Sonatina, Op. 126, No. 17 Cláudio de Freitas, Sonata (1998) Merab Gagnidze, Sonata for bassoon solo; Sonata for bassoon and timpani , Sonatina (1974) Odette Gartenlaub, Sonatine (1959) Serge de Gastyne, Sonatina, Op. 58 (1972) Harald Genzmer, Sonata for bassoon solo (1974) Glenn Gould, Sonata (1950) Eduardo Grau, Sonata (1969) Czesław Grudziński, Sonata No. 2 (1984) Sofia Gubaidulina, Duo Sonata for two bassoons (1977) Truman Harris, Sonata Breve, Sonata for two bassoons and piano Anthony Hedges, Fantasy Sonata, Op. 104 (1986) Lennart Hedwall, Sonata for bassoon solo (1977) Paul Hindemith, Sonata (1938) Alan Hovhaness, Sonata for two bassoons (1977); Sonata for oboe and bassoon, Op. 302 (1979) Bertold Hummel, Sonatina (1976) Yuri Kasparov, Sonata-Infernale for solo bassoon (1989) Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Choral Sonata No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2 (1971) Ulysses Kay, Sonata (1941) Homer Keller, Sonata (1955) Brian Kershner, Sonata (1989) Valeri Kikta, Sonata No. 1 (1977); Sonata No. 2 (1979) Ron Klimko, Sonata (1997)