Jacques Alexandria Samossoud
{{Short description|Russian composer and conductor (1894–1966)}}
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.McPherson, Jim, "Mr. Meek Goes to Washington: The Story of the Small-Potatoes Canadian Baritone Who Founded America's 'National' Opera," The Opera Quarterly, volume 20, no. 2, Spring 2004
He married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Langdon Clemens (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.{{cite news |title=Jacques Samossoud, Wed To Mark Twain's Daughter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/06/15/archives/jacques-samossoud-wed-to-mark-twains-daughter.html |work=New York Times |date=June 15, 1966}}{{cite news |title=Mrs. Jacques Samossoud Dies; Mark Twain's Last Living Child; Released 'Letters From Earth' |url=http://www.twainquotes.com/19621121.html |work=New York Times |date=November 21, 1962|access-date=2007-07-21 }}
He died on June 14, 1966.
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Category:Russian male composers
Category:20th-century Russian composers
Category:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York)
Category:20th-century Russian male musicians
Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States