Crossword clues for repertoire
repertoire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a stock of plays, songs, etc., which a performer or company has studied and is ready to perform," 1847, from French répertoire, literally "index, list" (14c.), from Late Latin repertorium "inventory" (see repertory).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display. 2 A set of skills possessed by a person. A collection of items.
WordNet
n. the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" [syn: repertory]
a collection of works that an artist or company can perform
Wikipedia
A repertoire is a list or set of dramas, operas, musical compositions or roles which a company or person is prepared to perform.
"Repertoire - Definition and More",
Free Merriam-Webster, 2012, web:
MW.
Musicians often have a musical repertoire. The first known use of the word "repertoire" was in 1847. It is a loan word from the French language, as "répertoire", with a similar meaning in the arts. The origin of the word is from the Late Latin word "repertorium".
The concept of a basic repertoire has been extended to refer to groups which focus mainly on performing standard works, as in repertory theater or repertoire ballet.
"American Ballet Theatre - Repertory Archive",
ABT.org, 2010, webpage:
ABT.
Repertoire may refer to:
- Repertoire, a list or set of works ready to perform
- Musical repertoire, a set of prepared musical compositions
- Repertoire Records, a German record label specialising in 1960s and 1970s pop and rock reissues
- in computing, the full set of abstract characters that a particular character encoding can support
- Le Répertoire de la Cuisine, commonly called Le Répertoire, a culinary reference book by Louis Saulnier
- in chess, a player's opening repertoire is a collection of their favoured opening systems
- REPAIRtoire
- Repertory theater, a system of theatrical production and performance scheduling
Usage examples of "repertoire".
Hammond harmonica, brought with him from Earth, their instruments were hand-made by Paul Dwyer, the bassist, and their repertoire mainly consists of twentieth century blues and country standards.
Instead of the radio merengues, Gladys now sang an endless repertoire of Christmas carols: Glo-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohhOh-oh-oh-oh-ohhRia!
Having exhausted the repertoire of the hullabaloo, he initiated the turbaned warriors into the mystery of unwinding tunes, thereby cementing the friendship forever.
Most virtuosi gave a lot of solo concerts, leaning heavily on the ancient piano repertoire interlarded with one-man assaults on orchestral favorites.
Izawa to synthesize traditional and Western music, the most important result of musical training in public schools from his time on was to accustom successive generations of Japanese students to Western harmonies and modes, and thus to make possible Japanization of the classical repertoire of Western symphonic and chamber music.
She ran through her entire repertoire and still Piers entreated her for more.
Out on the left, Job gave the penny-whistle snort of a reedbuck, one of the most urgent alarm calls in their repertoire.
It was flashing its lights and parping its horn and generally making with all the swearwords and V-signs in the motoring repertoire.
Gale and Welchman instrument because they like the repertoire so much.
Along with sweet dimples, indignant dimples, and enthusiastic dimples, it seemed possible that Pippa had among her repertoire a few larcenous ones.
Staying too long on the mound was Russian roulette for short-relief men with limited repertoires, as Elmer Disquette well knew.
Back activated savoir faire subroutines he had not needed since he escorted Ayradyss and John on their long-ago honeymoon, surprising Jay with his repertoire of courtly compliments that stayed precisely on the correct side of mannerly.
That is, as strings twist and vibrate while meandering through the extended and curled-up dimensions, a small subset of their vast oscillatory repertoire consists of vibrations with spin equal to 1 or 2.
The band used up its repertoire, and was beginning again on Anchors Aweigh, when all the cohorts of Johnson, John Jay, and Furnald reached their places.
With a few brandies down me I could probably handle him with my brief but nasty repertoire of sudden street stunts.