a tone of undiminished focus and steadiness, a good line, and somewhat shortened phrasing. Death Three days after his last performance, Tauber entered Guy's Hospital on October 1, 1947, to have his left lung removed to treat the cancer. Nonetheless, he died of complications on January 8, 1948, in the London Clinic, Devonshire Place. His Requiem Mass was at St. James' Church, Spanish Place. He was interred in Brompton Cemetery in London. Selected discography Tauber made over 720 vocal recordings for the Odeon/Parlophone companies, plus several as an orchestral conductor, mainly of his own works, but also of music by Grieg and Johann Strauss, Jr. Of the 120 acoustic recordings, the most important are of arias by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Kienzl, and songs by Schumann, Richard Strauss and Grieg. There are also five duets with Elisabeth Rethberg, arias by Verdi, Puccini etc., and excerpts from Korngold's Die tote Stadt, including a duet with Lotte Lehmann. Among the electrical recordings, there are albums of German folksongs, and 12 songs from Schubert's Winterreise, accompanied by Mischa Spoliansky, and an album of folksongs by Franz Gabriel and Hermann Löns. Perhaps most prized are the four Mozart arias recorded in 1938 and 1939, and the aria from Der Freischütz made in 1946. Among his last recordings are two songs by Richard Strauss, accompanied at the piano by Percy Kahn. In his lifetime, his many recordings of music by Franz Lehár, much of it written for him, and his own songs from the operetta Old Chelsea (1942) were best sellers, along with a huge range of lighter and popular music in German and English. A number of his broadcasts have been preserved, including a series of General Motors Concerts from America in 1937, a Radio Hilversum concert of 1939, and excerpts from his three series of weekly programmes for the BBC (1945–47). Selected filmography Reise-Abenteuer (1925) [short silent] Achtung! Aufnahme! (1927) [short silent] I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929) Never Trust a Woman (1930, Ich glaub' nie mehr an eine Frau) End of the Rainbow (1930, Das lockende Ziel) The Land of Smiles (1930) The Big Attraction (1931, Die große Attraktion) Melody of Love (1932, Melodie der Liebe) Blossom Time (1934) Heart's Desire (1935) Land Without Music (1936) Pagliacci (1936) Waltz Time (1945) Lisbon Story (1946) References External links Das Richard Tauber Archiv This site also hosts a regularly updated chronology in English by Daniel