Jacques Alexandria Samossoud (September 8, 1894 – June 14, 1966) was a

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composer and conductor.

Biography

He was born on September 8, 1894. In 1924 he married the

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soprano Thalia Sabanieva; they divorced in 1926. He conducted the orchestra of the

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Baritone Who Founded America's 'National' Opera," ''The Opera Quarterly,'' volume 20, no. 2, Spring 2004 He married

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's daughter, Clara Langdon Clemens (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's

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home. He died on June 14, 1966.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samossoud, Jacques Alexandria Russian male composers 1894 births 1966 deaths Clemens family 20th-century composers Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York) 20th-century Russian male musicians Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States