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Maurice RAVEL (1875–1937).

L.A.S. ‘Maurice Ravel’, Megève, 18 January 1919, to Marguerite LONG; 4 pages, in-8.

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L.A.S. ‘Maurice Ravel’, Megève, 18 January 1919, to Marguerite LONG; 4 pages, in-8.

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He learnt from Gustave Samazeuilh that the pianist had had the flu, and he believed she had recovered. “I had been without seeing anyone for so long that I had no news of my friends.” He did not leave Saint-Cloud for two months, “moving from bed to deckchair”, and was ordered to take complete rest in the mountains for a while. He then turns to *Le Tombeau de Couperin*, in which there remain “quite a few errors […] If you could get in touch with my friend GARBAN – by telephoning him at Durand’s – he would point them out to you. It was he who helped me with the corrections. I hope your delicate fingers will soon regain the strength of steel’… Correspondence, writings and interviews, no. 1110.