LEADER 04205nam 22006733 450 001 9911009245603321 005 20240531084505.0 010 $a9780520377400 010 $a0520377400 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520377400 035 $a(CKB)32166354100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31327008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31327008 035 $a(OCoLC)1436831628 035 $a(DE-B1597)694874 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520377400 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932166354100041 100 $a20240531d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCrescendo of the Virtuoso $eSpectacle, Skill, and Self-Promotion in Paris During the Age of Revolution 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2018. 210 4$d©1999. 215 $a1 online resource (403 pages) 225 1 $aStudies on the History of Society and Culture Series ;$vv.30 311 08$a9780520301191 311 08$a0520301196 311 08$a9780520414273 311 08$a0520414276 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: The Historical Background -- $tPART ONE SOME MODELS OF EXCELLENCE -- $tChapter 1. Philidor and the Cafe de la Regence Chess Masters -- $tChapter 2. Careme, Chef de Cuisine: Marie-Antoine Careme l1783-1833) -- $tChapter 3. Vidocq, Detective: Eugene-Fran\x27ois Vidocq (1775-1857) -- $tChapter 4. Paganini and Liszt, Musicians -- $tChapter 5. Robert-Houdin and the Vogue of the Automaton-Builders -- $tPART TWO SOME MODES OF EXCELLING -- $tChapter 6. Mounting Spectacles -- $tChapter 7. Exalting Technical Skill -- $tChapter 8. Ballooning the Self -- $tConclusion: Revolving Values -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999. 410 0$aStudies on the History of Society and Culture Series 606 $aArts and revolutions$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aDemocracy$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublic spaces$zFrance$zParis 606 $aRevolutions$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial change$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTechnological innovations$zFrance$zParis 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aArts and revolutions$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 615 0$aPublic spaces 615 0$aRevolutions$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / General. 676 $a944/.36 700 $aMetzner$b Paul$01827997 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911009245603321 996 $aCrescendo of the Virtuoso$94396081 997 $aUNINA