Jacques Alexandria Samossoud (September 8, 1894 â June 14, 1966) was a Russian composer and conductor.
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 (1874âÂÂ1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.
He died on June 14, 1966.