Louise Geneviève de La Hye

Who was Louise Geneviève de La Hye?

Louise Geneviève de Le Hye née Rousseau was a French pianist, organist and composer, who sometimes used the pseudonym M. Leon Saint-Amons. She was born in Charenton, France, daughter of Charles-Louis Rousseau and grand niece of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She studied piano with her father and with Louis Joseph Saint-Amans, and in 1821 entered the Paris Conservatoire.

Rousseau began teaching at the Conservatoire in 1930, but moved to Cambrai after she married. She had two children and returned to Paris in 1834 where she continued teaching and composing. She suffered from poor health and died in Paris at the age of 28.