Samuel Rousseau (composer)

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

[1][2] 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.