Jacques Alexandria Samossoud (September 8, 1894 – June 14, 1966) was a Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 composer and conductor.

Biography

He was born on September 8, 1894. In 1924 he married the Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 soprano Thalia Sabanieva and they divorced in 1926. He conducted the orchestra of the Washington National Opera

Washington National Opera (1919–1936)

For the present company of the same name, see Washington National Opera.The Washington National Opera Association, founded in 1919 as "Washington Community Opera", was a low-budget opera company, comprising professional principals supported by amateurs, active in Washington, DC until 1936; it was...

 from 1919 to 1936. He left during a contract dispute.

He married Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...

's daughter, Clara Langhorne Clemens

Clara Clemens

Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud, formerly Clara Langhorne Clemens Gabrilowitsch , was the daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. She was a contralto concert singer and, as her father's only surviving daughter, managed his estate and guarded his legacy after his death.She was...

 (1874–1962) in 1944 at Clara's Hollywood, California home.

He died on June 14, 1966.