Jacques Charlot had worked on Ravel's music at Durand (his publishers). He was serving as a Lieutenant in the army when he was killed in the War.
Ravel dedicated to him posthumously the Prélude in Le tombeau de Couperin.
Debussy also dedicated to him the second piece in his En blanc et noir for two pianos (1915): "Au lieutenant Jacques Charlot tué à l'ennemi en 1915, le 3 mars".
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