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Le Déserteur. Paroles et musique de Boris Vian. 1954

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The Deserter. Lyrics and music by Boris Vian. 1954

- Autograph manuscript, 2 pages in-4 perforated with ballpoint pen with corrections and musical notes, with the first version at the end: "Warn your gendarmes / that I carry weapons / and that I know how to shoot", different from the edited version: "that I will not have weapons and that they will be able to shoot".

- Typescript of the complete text, 1 page in-4 | - Autograph musical score. Autograph text by Boris Vian and autograph musical score by Harold Berg, 2 pages in-4| autograph score by Vian in pencil, ½ page in-4| - 2 facsimiles of the text and the score| - Printed score, 2 pages in-4| - Score in Italian.

Enclosed: On the Deserter, autograph manuscript. 1955] 2 pages ½ in black ink. Text relating to the heckling organized against Vian's song, Le déserteur. Appeared in Le Canard Enchaîné, September 28, 1955.