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"Fascination" is a popular waltz song with music (1904) by Fermo Dante Marchetti and lyrics (1905) by Maurice de Féraudy. [1] [2]It was first published in Hamburg (Anton J. Benjamin) and Paris (Édition F. D. Marchetti) in 1904 in a version for piano solo ('Valse Tzigane').
Fermo Dante Marchetti (born Dante Pilade Marchetti; 28 August 1876 – 11 June 1940) was an Italian composer and songwriter, best known for the music for the song "Fascination". [1] He was born in Massa Carrara , Tuscany , Italy , and died in Paris , France .
March 5 – Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major receives its first performance in Paris, given by the Societe Nationale de Musique; it is the only quartet by the composer. March 16 – The Hallé Orchestra of Manchester gives the first performance of the concert overture In the South , by Edward Elgar , conducted by the composer.
Fascination: Jane Morgan & The Troubadors: F.D. Marchetti /Dick Manning: 15: I Could Have Danced All Night: Sylvia Syms: Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe: 16: Just In Time: Tony Bennett: Jule Styne/Betty Comden/Adolph Green: 17: That Old Black Magic: Sammy Davis Jr. Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
HOW is this a "1932 song" when it was first published in 1904?? It was, in fact, an early hit (1905) by the queen of the slow waltz, Paulette Darty (1871-1939). It is also now known to have been composed by Maurice Ravel who, as an impecunious student, sold it to F. D. Marchetti, whose general practise it was to buy tunes from such sources and publish them under his own name.
Malneck later wrote lyrics for "Fascination" and "Hot Paprika". [2] "Fascination" became a popular hit for Chevalier and for many other singers; "C'est si bon" was also recorded by numerous singers and became an international hit. [2] Johnny Mercer later wrote lyrics for "Love in the Afternoon". [9] The song became a hit for Jerry Vale and ...
The Klezmorim's repertoire mostly consisted of pre-1930 Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian Yiddish instrumental music – bluesy, moody doinas or lively dances such as the joc, sirba, bulgar, volakh, freylekhs, honga, and kolomeyke – gleaned from 78-rpm discs and manuscripts made available by the Judah Magnes Museum, [38] Professor Martin Schwartz of UC Berkeley, [39] and other collectors ...
Filippo Marchetti (26 February 1831, Bolognola, Macerata – 18 January 1902, Rome) was an Italian opera composer. After studying in Naples, his first opera was "successfully premiered" [ 1 ] in Turin in 1856.