Crescendo of the Virtuoso
  Acknowledgments

 expand sectionIntroduction

 collapse section1. Some Models of Excellence
 collapse section1. Philidor and the Café de la Régence Chess Masters
 •§ 1. The Second Career of François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) as a Chess Player
 •§ 2. Philidor’s Followers: Deschapelles, Labourdonnais, and the Dethroned Dynasts
 •Notes
 expand section2. Carême, Chef de Cuisine
 expand section3. Vidocq, Detective
 expand section4. Paganini and Liszt, Musicians
 expand section5. Robert-Houdin and the Vogue of the Automaton-Builders

 collapse section2. Some Modes of Excelling
 expand section6. Mounting Spectacles
 expand section7. Exalting Technical Skill
 expand section8. Ballooning the Self
 expand sectionConclusion

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