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Louise Geneviève Rousseau was born in Charenton, France, daughter of Charles-Louis Rousseau and grand niece of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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Louise Genevieve de Le Hye nee Rousseau
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She studied piano with her father and with Louis Joseph Saint-Amans, and in 1821 entered the Paris Conservatory. 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.
