Variations to ophicleide: practical edition proposal
Oficleide, Asté, Variations, Editions, 19th century
This dissertation aims to provide a historical overview of the oficleide, its basic operating principles and the edition of a traditional work from the instrument's repertoire, from the perspective of a modern instrumentalist following the parameters established, mainly, by FIGUEIREDO (2014). It also provides information about the construction techniques that culminated in the appearance of other instruments from the brass family and that, in a certain way, also contributed to the ostracism in which the ophicleide came to be. We deal with the origin, technical difficulties, repertoire and function of the oficleide in the groups in which it was present and, as a basis for the construction of this work, we use as main references the publications of CORNETTE (1835) and CLODOMIR (1866) in addition to sources iconographic images that illustrated the paths and development of the ophicleide.