Great musicians and their amusing stories. Nadia Koval

projects never came to fruition. He did manage, however, to complete Le Tombeau de Couperin with each movement dedicated to a friend who died in the war.

      10. In 1932, Ravel suffered a blow to his head in a taxi accident. Afterwards he was frequently absent-minded. The remainder of his life was plagued by a malfunction of the brain probably caused by Pick’s disease, which increasingly affected his speech and movement. He died after a final, unsuccessful operation in 1937.

      Erik Satie

      Erik Satie (1866—1925)