Richard Tauber - Fascination

The Great Tenor sings this delightful song composed by F. D. Marchetti

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Music

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• Richard
• Tauber
• Tenor
• Fascination
• F.D.
• Marchetti

[thechinadesk]

Tauber was of course great.

But I sure wish he had sung it in the original French instead of English.

[toltec48]

He was singing it in the language of the people of the country he was living in.

[thechinadesk]

I'm not impugning his motives. I merely would have preferred to hear him sing it in French instead.

It's purely an aesthetic issue.

English is my primary language. So I would if anything, tend to be biased toward English lyrics.

But the original French lyrics have a certain "je ne sais quoi," about them!

[2allerdean]

reminds me of my father singing this to my mother both now long dead

[frbjoernLA]

@2allerdean May Almighty God rest their precious souls. I suspect that they are listening to beautiful music like this in Heaven now!

[SaFanFan]

@thechinadesk I agree with you. It was my mother's favorite song. I'm French. She used to sign it to my two little brothers. She confided in me later on that she had had a lover during WWII and now, I understand why it was her favorite song.

[Similie]

this is one of my favourite songs. i have never heard it sung before. my only experience with this song is from solo piano. this is wonderful!