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Highly influential French composer (1875-1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly scored orchestral music, and virtuosic piano pieces. ALS in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7.25, personal letterhead, July 29, 1922. Handwritten letter to Marguerite Long, expressing that he regrets not having been able to have lunch with her, nor dinner with Madame Debussy: "For 15 days I wandered between Paris and Montfort—via Fontainebleau." He would like to hear news of Chantavoine and the trip to the Rhineland, as he is invited to a musical event in Milan in October. He is leaving Montfort "just when the garden and its surroundings are at their most resplendent. I am feeling down, and I will try to shake it off by going to work in Lyons-la-Forêt." I hope to see you in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in September… if I go, because I've never been able to know 15 days in advance what I'll be doing." In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned mounted photograph of Ravel's death mask.
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