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RECENT WORD has it that the Belgian-born composer Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris--quietly. He doesn't like to give concerts and he's avoided trips to the United States because of his feelings about American involvement in Southeast Asia. Fortunately, though, his music is more accessible to us than he is. Brel is a master of the lyrical song. He is a good poet and a good composer but his true genius lies in his ability to integrate his lyrics and his music into an inviolable whole. After you listen to a Brel...

Author: By Marni Sandweiss, | Title: Alive and Moving | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

Brelsford McCoy, the first chief executive in the chemical giant's 171-year history to have no direct Du Pont family ties. Under "Brel" McCoy, profits rose smartly, from $334 million on sales of $3.6 billion in 1970 to $414 million on sales of $4.4 billion last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: New Guard at Du Pont | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

...cache of fleeting pleasures collected by Claude Lelouch, who always seems to make films (A Man and a Woman) with the same airy cheer, as if he were mailing out greeting cards. The plot is a congenial sort of caper about a gang of aging delinquents (Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Charles Gerard, Aldo Maccione) who hire themselves out for all kinds of elaborate political thuggery. Since ideology cannot be stashed in a numbered Swiss account, it plays no part in their addled schemes, which include kidnaping a Swiss diplomat and hijacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

RAMADA INN SMORGASHORD THEATRE. (Rte. 1 in Dancers) Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Parts Thurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the stage | 11/30/1972 | See Source »

RAMADA INN SMORGASBORD THEATRE. (Rte. 1 in Danvers) Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Thurs.-Sat. at 9. Sunday matinee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the stage | 11/22/1972 | See Source »

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