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See also: repertoire and Repertoire
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]répertoire (plural répertoires)
- Alternative spelling of repertoire.
- 1892 [June], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. XII.—The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume III (January to June), number [18], London: George Newnes, Limited, […], page 621, column 1:
- Again I changed my dress, again I sat in the window, and again I laughed very heartily at the funny stories of which my employer had an immense répertoire, and which he told inimitably.
- 1896 January 29, “Miss Fay Davis”, in The Sketch, volume XIII, London: […] Ingram Brothers, page 27, column 1:
- Miss Fay Davis’s recitation répertoire includes some fifty or sixty excerpts, culled from Shakspere down to the latest of writers.
- 1898, William Williamson, “Preface”, in A Class Book of Dictation Passages, with Words Appended, Selected by William Williamson, […], London: Methuen & Co. […], page v:
- The words appended are often selected on the principle of contrast and comparison, and altogether furnish a répertoire of over two thousand—all more or less deserving of separate and distinctive observation.
- 1912, Florence May, “1834: Ernestine von Fricken—Clara in Dresden—Schumann and Ernestine—Carl Banck—Schumann’s ‘Carnaval’—Études Symphoniques’”, in The Girlhood of Clara Schumann (Clara Wieck and Her Time) […], London: Edward Arnold, page 111:
- Defying the attempts of imitators, it occupies a unique position in the literature of the pianoforte, and its inherent vitality is attested by the fact that for more than fifty years it has been a conspicuous item in the répertoire of nearly every pianist capable of executing it.
- 1917, Carl Van Vechten, “Geraldine Farrar”, in Interpreters and Interpretations, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, page 44:
- She has frequently said that she finds it easier to sing any two other rôles in her répertoire, and refuses to appear for two days before or after a performance of this Puccini opera.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin repertōrium.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]répertoire m (plural répertoires)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “répertoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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