At the age of eight, his mother had taken to the town garden, where he had been fascinated listening to the brass band and dancing with Trix, the daughter of the tipsy orchestra conductor. ###>Quand il avait huit ans, sa mère l'emmenait au jardin public où il écoutait, charmé, la musique de cuivre et om il dansait avec Trix, la fille du chef d'orchestre ivre.