But he and his dancers and wide-ranging early repertory were as elegant as they were fiery.

For that side of the early English repertory, a listener would normally turn to John Dowland.

About 25 disappeared from Mr. Nelson's collection, providing songs for Mr. Dylan's early repertory.

The invention that has been inserted between them could have been lifted in toto from the early Verdian repertory with only a few names and places to change.

All the groups Mr. Hammer mentioned continue to perform early repertory in small venues, often with good success.

Mr. Daniels did not entirely forsake the early repertory and its native techniques.

It has become a mainstay of the early choral repertory, less for its Mozart link than for its gracefully soaring, irresistible soprano line.

But with keen intelligence and exquisite taste, he has carved out a valuable niche in early repertory.

It has increasingly allowed its performers to stray into the early Romantic repertory, and occasionally beyond.

The aim is not just to recover neglected early repertory but to present familiar works in performances deemed historically "authentic."