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RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937)

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RAVEL Maurice (1875-1937)

L.S. "Maurice Ravel", Le Belvédère, Montfort l'Amaury 3/7 [for 31 August] 1923, to his friend Marie GAUDIN in Saint-Jean-de-Luz| 1 page in-8 typed with her monogram and address, address on the back.

"It's bad luck: the day I returned to Montfort (2 weeks after the operation), I crushed two fingers - one on each hand - with a folding chair.

I'll be two months without being able to do anything, and I think I'll have to give up my dream of becoming a virtuoso. ...tomorrow morning the doctor has to try and get my fingers back in place. As long as the transplant isn't necessary. I'm tired of operations. Don't think I've hired a typist: I'm less tired of typing| I'm talking about the hands, because for the bibbot!... "

L'intégrale, n° 1622.