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La Valse à mille temps
Studio album by Jacques Brel
Released	1959
Recorded	11–17 September 1959
Genre	Chanson
Length	30:43
Label	Philips (original album) Barclay/Universal
Jacques Brel chronology
Au printemps (1958) La Valse à mille temps (1959) Marieke (1961)

La Valse à mille temps (English: The Waltz With A Thousand Beats) is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à mille temps as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-6).

The album received the Francis Carco prize from l'Académie du disque français.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jacques Brel except where noted

Credits

• Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
• François Rauber – orchestra conductor
• Gérard Jouannest – piano
• Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
• J. Aubert – photography
• M. Apelbaum – photography

The melody of "La Mort" is partly based, uncredited, on the traditional Gregorian chant Dies irae, which has been quoted in a large number of other works over the centuries.

References

1. "La Valse À Mille Temps". Discogs. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. "Discography: Editions Jacques Brel". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
3. Letailleur, Gérard (2022-12-19). "Jacques Brel. Rêver un impossible rêve, de Montmartre aux Marquises". Les Éditions d'Art de Trianon (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-25.
4. Clouzet, Angela (2009). Gérard Jouannest, de Brel à Gréco [Gérard Jouannest, from Brel to Gréco] (in French). Éditions Albin Michel. pp. 71–75.

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• Jacques Brel albums
• 1959 albums
• Philips Records albums
• 1950s French-language albums
• Barclay (record label) albums
• Universal Records albums
• Albums conducted by François Rauber