William Waterhouse (bassoonist)
Selected publications
### Selected publications

* *The New Langwill Index: A dictionary of musical wind\-instrument makers and inventors*, 1st edition 1993
* *Bassoon (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides)*, Kahn \& Averill, London 2001, 2005\. , 2003\. [Roger Birnstingl](/wiki/Roger_Birnstingl "Roger Birnstingl") wrote in his review for the [British Double Reed Society](/wiki/British_Double_Reed_Society "British Double Reed Society"): 
> There can be no\-one alive more qualified than WW to write the definitive book on the bassoon.
* *Fagott* Translation of *Bassoon* to German by Klaus Gillessen, [Bärenreiter](/wiki/B%C3%A4renreiter "Bärenreiter"), 2006, 
* *Weber's Bassoon Concerto Op. 75: The Manuscript and Printed Sources Compared*

Double reed societies
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Waterhouse was one of the co\-founders of the [British Double Reed Society](/wiki/British_Double_Reed_Society "British Double Reed Society") in 1988 and was a member of the Society's Committee until his death in 2007\. The IDRS 2009*, the annual conference of the [International Double Reed Society](/wiki/International_Double_Reed_Society "International Double Reed Society") in Birmingham, was dedicated to him and [Evelyn Barbirolli](/wiki/Evelyn_Barbirolli "Evelyn Barbirolli").*

Legacy
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The International Chair in Chamber Music \& Bassoon of the RNCM is titled in his name.
References
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External links
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 [Honorary Members of the International Double Reed Society – Part 1: to 1988 / Victor Bruns](http://www.idrs.org/publications/controlled/DR/JNL26/Sprenkle.pdf)  William Waterhouse on Victor Bruns in * + The Double Reed, Vol. 9, No. 2'' [IDRS](/wiki/International_Double_Reed_Society "International Double Reed Society") 1986
* [Waterhouse Bassoon Day 2024](https://www.doublereed.co.uk/about-us/waterhouse-bassoon-day-2024/) IDRS 2024

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[Category:2007 deaths](/wiki/Category:2007_deaths "2007 deaths")
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[Category:English musicologists](/wiki/Category:English_musicologists "English musicologists")
[Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Music](/wiki/Category:Alumni_of_the_Royal_College_of_Music "Alumni of the Royal College of Music")
[Category:20th\-century classical musicians](/wiki/Category:20th-century_classical_musicians "20th-century classical musicians")
[Category:20th\-century British musicians](/wiki/Category:20th-century_British_musicians "20th-century British musicians")
[Category:20th\-century British musicologists](/wiki/Category:20th-century_British_musicologists "20th-century British musicologists")
[Category:People educated at Whitgift School](/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Whitgift_School "People educated at Whitgift School")


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