24 Daily Exercises for Bassoon by Simon Kovar. Southern Music, 1951/2008, SB, 111 pages. Simon Kovar (1890-1970) was born in Lithuania, played in the New York Philharmonic for nearly 30 years, and was one of the most renowned teachers of bassoon. This book includes a wide variety of exercises and has special instructions for many of them. Because of the spiral binding, it will lay flat on the music stand.