About Jacques Alexandria Samossoud
Lived 1894 – 1966 (aged 71). Jacques Alexandria Samossoud was a Russian composer.
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.
He married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Langdon Clemens (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.
He died on June 14, 1966.
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Who was Jacques Alexandria Samossoud?
Russian composer and conductor
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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud was born on 8 September 1894.
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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud died on 14 June 1966.
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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud was a composer.
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Jacques Alexandria Samossoud was Russian.
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