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What is a repertoire?

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Repertoire is a French word meaning a group or collection of pieces that an artist can perform; for example, a group of songs that a busker knows and can perform for an audience is her repertoire.

The Macquarie Dictionary (1982 edition) defines the word as:

1. The list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., which a company, actor, singer or the like, is prepared to perform. 2. All the works of a particular kind considered collectively. [F, from L(atin) repertorium inventory, catalogue]

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