Samuel Rousseau (composer)

This article is about the French composer. For the British scholar and printer, see Samuel Rousseau (orientalist). For the French contemporary artist, see Samuel Rousseau (artist).

Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau (French pronunciation: [samɥɛl alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʁuso]; Neuve-Maison, 11 June 1853 - Paris, 1 October 1904) was a French composer.^[1][2]

Samuel Rousseau

Life

His father made pump organs and Samuel entered the Paris Conservatoire when he was fourteen years old. He studied with Cesar Franck,^[3] and Francois Bazin^[4]

He was choirmaster at Sainte-Clotilde, Paris.^[5] He composed the comic opera, Leone.^[6][7]

He won the Prix de Rome in 1878,^[4][8] for his cantata 'La Fille de Jephté',^[9] and was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1900.

Family

He was Marcel Samuel-Rousseau's father.