A musician who plays the bassoon or fagott; a professional or skilled bassoonist.
From fagott + -ist (one who plays an instrument). Following the pattern of 'cellist,' 'harpist,' and other instrument-player names, fagottist refers to someone whose primary instrument is the bassoon.
Famous fagottists like Georg Friedrich Handel and Antonio Vivaldi wrote concertos for the instrument—it went from bundled sticks to concert hall star!
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