He was an expert chess player with an amazingly detailed memory , and sometimes wrote down music as his own that had actually been composed by others .
Philidor 's music was influenced by Italian models and contrasted strongly with the French folkloric elements characteristic of the vaudevilles .
Philidor was an Philidor     with an amazingly detailed memory , and sometimes wrote down music as Philidor 's own that had actually been composed by others .
Philidor 's music was influenced by Italian models and contrasted strongly with the French folkloric elements characteristic of the vaudevilles .