Talk:Fascination (1905 song)
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[edit]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. It was Darty and the lyrics by Maurice de Féraudy that made it a hit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.248.162 (talk) 16:43, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- The Ravel attribution seems to stem from Manuel Rosenthal. This page suggests that Marchetti was established enough to have wrriten it himself. Either way, the article IS pretty bad and should certainly be moved to '(1905 song)' or even '(1904 composition)' given it was written as a piano waltz and later had words added. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 17:17, 21 January 2017 (UTC)