Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau ( 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] and the Legion of Honour in 1900.
He was Marcel Samuel-Rousseau's father.