Samuel Rousseau (composer)
Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau was a French composer.
Life
His father made pump organs and Samuel entered the Paris Conservatoire when he was fourteen years old. He studied with Cesar Franck, and Francois BazinHe was choirmaster at Sainte-Clotilde, Paris. He composed the comic opera, Leone.
He won the Prix de Rome in 1878, for his cantata 'La Fille de Jephté', and was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1900.