La valse à mille temps
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"La valse à mille temps" is a celebrated 1959 chanson by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, known for its increasingly rapid waltz tempo and witty, bittersweet lyrics about love and modern life.
All labels observed (1)
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| La valse à mille temps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6800612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La valse à mille temps Context triple: [Jacques Brel songs, hasNotableWork, La valse à mille temps]
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A.
L'Horloge Fleurie
L'Horloge Fleurie is a famous large outdoor flower clock in Geneva that combines horticulture and timekeeping as a symbol of the city’s watchmaking tradition.
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B.
La Parisienne
La Parisienne is a vibrant Fauvist portrait painting by Dutch-French artist Kees van Dongen, celebrated for its bold colors and depiction of fashionable Parisian modernity.
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C.
La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" is a classic French song, originally made famous by Édith Piaf, that became one of Louis Armstrong’s signature romantic jazz standards through his celebrated interpretation.
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D.
Mademoiselle Blanche
Mademoiselle Blanche is a cunning, fortune-seeking French adventuress in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Gambler," known for manipulating wealthy men to secure her social and financial ambitions.
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E.
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La valse à mille temps Target entity description: "La valse à mille temps" is a celebrated 1959 chanson by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, known for its increasingly rapid waltz tempo and witty, bittersweet lyrics about love and modern life.
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A.
L'Horloge Fleurie
L'Horloge Fleurie is a famous large outdoor flower clock in Geneva that combines horticulture and timekeeping as a symbol of the city’s watchmaking tradition.
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B.
La Parisienne
La Parisienne is a vibrant Fauvist portrait painting by Dutch-French artist Kees van Dongen, celebrated for its bold colors and depiction of fashionable Parisian modernity.
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C.
La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" is a classic French song, originally made famous by Édith Piaf, that became one of Louis Armstrong’s signature romantic jazz standards through his celebrated interpretation.
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D.
Mademoiselle Blanche
Mademoiselle Blanche is a cunning, fortune-seeking French adventuress in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "The Gambler," known for manipulating wealthy men to secure her social and financial ambitions.
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E.
Le Bonheur de Vivre
Le Bonheur de Vivre is a seminal 1905–1906 Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vibrant colors and idyllic, Arcadian scene of nude figures in a landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
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waltz ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Belgian chanson
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European cabaret tradition ⓘ |
| composer | Jacques Brel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Jacques Brel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
French popular music
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chanson ⓘ waltz ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song with variations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later French-language singer-songwriters ⓘ |
| hasPart |
lyrics about love
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lyrics about modern life ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
bittersweet tone
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increasingly rapid tempo ⓘ witty lyrics ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic of French-language chanson ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | waltz dance form ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jacques Brel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of tempo changes
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wordplay in French ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| partOf | Jacques Brel’s repertoire ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed live by Jacques Brel ⓘ |
| performer | Jacques Brel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
cover versions by various artists
ⓘ
musicological analyses of tempo and text ⓘ |
| tempoMarking | accelerating waltz ⓘ |
| theme |
passage of time
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romantic relationships ⓘ urban modernity ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 3/4 ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Waltz in a Thousand Time(s) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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