Crescendo of the virtuoso : spectacle, skill, and self-promotion in Paris during the Age of Revolution /
During 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 outre for spellbound au...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c1998
Berkeley : ©1998 |
| Series: | Studies on the history of society and culture ;
30 |
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