repertory
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈrɛpərˌtɔri/
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repertorio
- She practices regularly to maintain her repertory of pieces for the upcoming concert series.
- repertory etudes
Examples
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Leon Botstein, the brilliant president of Bard College and music director of the American Symphony Orchestra, has in recent years developed a new concept for concerts in which, rather than the usual chronological survey of repertory composed since the end of the eighteenth century, the program focuses on the work of a particular composer or on the work of a group of composers connected by ideology, philosophy, time, or place.
Academic text (1996) -
A third major innovation was the broadening of the musical repertory to include not only songs and dance styles from Mexico but also from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.
Academic text (1999) -
Teachers needed a repertory of songs to launch the newly acquired sound-to-symbol sequence.
Academic text (2005) -
So the day we opened the repertory in Paris, I quoted Albert Camus, a French philosopher.
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Overall, the choices reflect the Maestro's desire to develop a repertory that will be accessible and educational to Egyptian and foreign audiences alike.
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And in repertory, especially this repertory at Stratford, you open a play and then the next morning after you've opened, you start rehearsals on a new play.
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Fellow runner-up, Omer Obeidi, has been touring the country with a repertory of Broadway hits.
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De Mille's visual memory, which is the choreographer's chief resource, encompasses the whole repertory of modern dance and classical ballet.
Academic text (1994) -
For example, the precipitous decline in audience attendance at some recent traditional dance and music events, where the same repertory is repeated season after season, can be compared with the burgeoning growth of audiences in U.S. museums whose programs curate, educate, and provide study and studio opportunities for participant growth.
Academic text (1996) -
Indeed, as Peter Jeffery has shown, "it was Jerusalem that produced the earliest annual cycle of chants, the earliest known true chant-book, and the first repertories organized in eight modes."
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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7.2
A list of plays and songs an artist or company performs regularly
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Repertory comes from the old Latin verb reperire, which means 'to find', and from a Latin word for a list of things found. So a repertory is a ready collection of plays or musical pieces that a performer keeps to use on stage.