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Created page with "== Early Life and Background == Stéphane Grappelli was born on January 26, 1908, in Paris, France. His father, Ernesto Grappelli, was an Italian scholar and writer, while his mother, Anna Emilie Hanoque, was French. Grappelli's early life was marked by the turbulence of World War I, during which he was sent to an orphanage after his mother's death and his father's enlistment in the Italian army. This period of hardship was formative, as it was during these years th..."
