Although he considered his small stature ( 1. 61 m ) and light weight an advantage to becoming an aviator, and he tried every means of securing service as a flyer, during the First World War Ravel was not allowed to enlist as a pilot because of his age and weak health.

Although Ravel was listed as the conductor on the original 78-rpm discs, it is possible he merely supervised the recording.

Although most famous for his Mozart and Beethoven interpretations, Gulda also performed the music of J. S. Bach ( often on clavichord ), Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Ravel.

Although the rhythm, sprightly mordents, staccatos alternating with offbeat accents, and structure of the " Forlane " are the same as the historical dance, Ravel employs major sevenths and chromatics, giving the tune a decided contemporary edge.

Although Ravel called for a sopranino saxophone in F, this member of the ' concert ' family of saxophones never gained popularity and is no longer in existence.

Although Ravel did record a piano roll of the first two movements, he felt unable to play the technical third movement and frequently left it out while playing concerts in America in the late 1920s.

Although he wrote poetry, also an anthology of verses on the monasteries of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and a genealogical work, his fame rests upon his Book of Songs ( Kitab al-Aghani ).

" Although the plane came down only five miles northwest of the airport, no one saw or heard the crash ", wrote rock performer, archivist and music historian, Harry Hepcat, in his article about Buddy Holly.

Chaplin later wrote, " Although we were somewhat estranged we were friends and still married.

" Although Jomini also wrote extensively on war, he did not attempt to define war.

Although neither of the girls claimed to see any fairies, and there were no more photographs, " on the contrary, he saw them everywhere " and wrote voluminous notes on his observations.

Although Eusebius wrote of eight books of the work, only seven undoubtably survive.

Although Lyell did not publicly accept evolution ( descent with modification ) at the time of writing the Principles, after the Darwin – Wallace papers and the Origin Lyell wrote in his notebook:

Although the person who wrote the function could have inserted checks, let us assume that for performance reasons they did not.

Although he was against the actions taken against the veterans and strongly advised MacArthur against taking a public role in it, he later wrote the Army's official incident report, endorsing MacArthur's conduct.

Although the original copy in which Fermat wrote this is lost today, Fermat's son edited the next edition of Diophantus, published in 1670.

Although she greatly admired Jefferson, she also wrote:

Although noted for his work on American linguistics, Sapir wrote prolifically in linguistics in general.

" Although the purported citation of Euclid by Archimedes has been judged to be an interpolation by later editors of his works, it is still believed that Euclid wrote his works before those of Archimedes.

Although mainly a novelist, he also wrote several plays, the most famous being Yellow Sands.

Francis's brother Alexander Leopold ( at that time Palatine of Hungary ) wrote to the Emperor admitting " Although we have caught a lot of the culprits, we have not really got to the bottom of this business yet.

Although the main focus of his work was on medicine, anatomy, and physiology, Galen also wrote about logic and philosophy.

Although Gregory's health did not permit him to attend the funeral, he wrote a heartfelt letter of condolence to Basil's brother, Gregory of Nyssa and composed twelve memorial poems dedicated to the memory of his departed friend.

Although he wrote at least fourteen books, almost nothing of Hipparchus ' direct work survived.

Although his home is not identified, scholars conclude that Habakkuk lived in Jerusalem at the time he wrote his prophecy.

Although Gris regarded Picasso as a teacher, Gertrude Stein wrote in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas that " Juan Gris was the only person whom Picasso wished away ".

Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics.

Although his grandson, Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot, wrote that Pasteur had only kept from his Catholic background a spiritualism without religious practice, Catholic observers often said Louis Pasteur remained throughout his whole life an ardent Christian, and his son-in-law, in perhaps the most complete biography of Louis Pasteur, writes:

Although Trotsky stated in his autobiography My Life that he was never perfectly fluent in any language but Russian and Ukrainian, Raymond Molinier wrote that Trotsky spoke fluent French.

Although he frequently wrote of his longing for solitude in order to come closer to God and to extend his reflections – elements considered essential to the prophetic experience itself in his philosophy-he gave over almost all his time to caring for others.

" In the 1995 book America's Alternative Religions, published by the State University of New York Press, Baker wrote: " Although they prefer to be called Unificationists, they are referred to in the media and popularly known as ' Moonies '.

Although this offered great opportunities, he recalls in his autobiography that the only equipment provided to him was a blackboard and piece of chalk.

Although Parks ' autobiography recounts early memories of the kindness of white strangers, she could not ignore the racism of her society.

Although the book is an autobiography, Goodyear chose to write it in the third person, so that " the inventor " and " he " referred to in the text are the author.

Although he had been inactive for two and a half years, his work as a dancer kept him in peak physical condition: in his autobiography, Robinson states that in the weeks leading up to his debut for a dancing engagement in France, he ran five miles every morning, and then danced for five hours each night.

Although details are sketchy — they appear to have been excised from a franker first draft of the autobiography by the Trappist censors — most of Merton's biographers agree that he fathered a child with one of the women he encountered at Cambridge and there was some kind of legal action pending that was settled discreetly by Bennett.

Although the film's title card says " Tennessee Williams ' Baby Doll ", and the film is based on Williams ' one-act play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, in his autobiography director Elia Kazan claimed that Williams was only " half-heartedly " involved in writing the screenplay, of which Kazan himself actually wrote the majority.

Although Newcombe was top ranked by Lance Tingay, Newcombe wrote later in his autobiography " Newk-Life on and off the Court " ( 2002 ) that the top honour in 1970 belonged to Laver.

Although Benjamin addresses his autobiography to his son, he does not mention him further, except indirectly by the inclusion of a newspaper article in which Benjamin notes that his ( then still in good standing ) son may make contracts for the procurement of carts for the British army.

Although viewed in the media as somewhat personally close, Blair later wrote in his autobiography A Journey that a " maddening " Brown effectively blackmailed him while he was in 10 Downing Street.

Although in his autobiography, Shilton is said to have defended the decision to leave him on as he stated he guessed the correct way the penalties were going for all the four kicks.

Although Marcus states that " What actually happened will not be known until information from the French archives becomes available ," Fitawrari (" Commander of the Vanguard ") Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, a fervent reformer and a onetime friend of Iyasu, states in his recently published autobiography that the Djibouti trip was something of a vacation for Lij Iyasu, and that he spent much of his time consorting with Muslim notables in the city and consuming large amounts of qat as well as completely depleting the funds of the Ethiopian mission in the French colony.

Although the mistakes were corrected, in his autobiography Logan wrote " I knew then why people fight so hard to have their names in proper type.

Although Ineni's autobiography can be interpreted to say that Thutmose reigned only a short time, it also calls Thutmose a " hawk in the nest ," indicating that he was perhaps a child when he assumed the throne.

Although he titled his autobiography Things the Grandchildren Should Know, he doesn't have any children of his own.

Although McKagan had made previous attempts to curb his alcoholism ( which had become so notorious that, according to his autobiography, the fictional product Duff Beer on The Simpsons was named for him ) this health crisis was his incentive to become sober for good.

" Although Townsend never wrote an autobiography, Scenes of Childhood was compiled after her death from short reminiscences published over the years in the New Yorker.

Although the historical Hadrian wrote an autobiography, it has been lost.

Although it is the autobiography of an unknown, ' ordinary ' person, the book became a huge bestseller and remained in the bestseller charts for three years.

Although Teodoreanu did not write it as an autobiography, his experience of having grown up in such a family in Moldavia during this time was influential.

Although several sources list Lewis as having been wounded in April 1917, his autobiography makes it clear that he did not arrive in France until November of that year, and that his wounding near Arras took place in April 1918.

Although Huncke later came to regret his loss of family ties, in his autobiography, Guilty of Everything, he states that his lengthy jail sentences were a partial result of his lack of family support.

Although Caged Bird is an autobiography, critic Mary Jane Lupton compares it to George Eliot's novel The Mill on the Floss.

Although it ’ s an autobiography it is narrated by a fictional character named Joseph Meehan who details Nolan ’ s life as a third-person biography.

Although nicknamed " The Gypsy ", he denied Romani ethnicity in his autobiography.