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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud
Russian composer and conductor (1894–1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud (September 8, 1894 – June 14, 1966) was a Russian composer and conductor.
Biography
He was born on September 8, 1894. In 1924 he married the Crimean-born Greek soprano Thalia Sabanieva; they divorced in 1926. He conducted the orchestra of the Washington National Opera from 1919 to 1936. He left during a contract dispute.[1]
He married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Langdon Clemens (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.[2][3]
He died on June 14, 1966.
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