Samuel Rousseau (composer)
{{Short description|French composer}}
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Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau ({{IPA|fr|samɥɛl alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʁuso}}; Neuve-Maison, 11 June 1853 - Paris, 1 October 1904) was a French composer.{{Cite web |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/42107229/ |title =Rousseau, Samuel, 1853-1904 (entry number 42107229) |website=viaf.org |access-date=2024-12-11}}{{Cite book |last=Sensbach|first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVf0AAAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+Rousseau |title=French Cello Sonatas, 1871-1939 |date=2001 |publisher=Lilliput Press |isbn=978-1-901866-61-2 |language=en}}
Life
His father made pump organs and Samuel entered the Paris Conservatoire when he was fourteen years old. He studied with Cesar Franck,{{Cite book |last=Grace|first=Harvey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INc5AAAAIAAJ&q=Samuel+Rousseau++%221904%22&pg=PA117 |title=French Organ Music Past and Present |date=1919 |publisher=H. W. Gray |isbn=978-0-598-49109-1 |language=en}} and Francois Bazin{{Cite web |title=Rousseau, Samuel-Alexandre {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/rousseau-samuel-alexandre |access-date=2021-04-26 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}
He was choirmaster at Sainte-Clotilde, Paris.{{Cite book |last=Henderson|first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASYKAQAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+Rousseau |title=A Directory of Composers for Organ |date=1996 |publisher=John Henderson |isbn=978-0-9528050-0-7 |language=en}} He composed the comic opera, Leone.{{Cite web |title=Leone (Rousseau) à l'Opéra-Comique |url=https://www.bruzanemediabase.com/mediabase/documents/leone-rousseau-lopera-comique |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=eZ Systems, Bru Zane Media Base |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5RRAQAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+Rousseau |title=Le Theatre |chapter=Leone... Musique de Samuel Rousseau |date=1910 |publisher=Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie |via=books.google.com |language=fr |access-date=2024-12-11}}
He won the Prix de Rome in 1878,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxQFAQAAIAAJ&q=Samuel+Rousseau |title=The Organ |date=1968 |publisher=Musical Opinion |via=books.google.com |language=en |access-date=2024-12-11}} for his cantata 'La Fille de Jephté',{{cite web |title=Prix de Rome 1870-1879 |url=http://www.musimem.com/prix-rome-1870-1879.htm#rousseau |website=www.musimem.com |access-date=11 December 2024}} and was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1900.
Family
He was Marcel Samuel-Rousseau's father.
References
External links
- [https://musicalics.com/en/node/95141 Samuel Rousseau] at musicalics.com
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Category:French Romantic composers
Category:French opera composers
Category:Prix de Rome for composition
Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
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