| Personal data |
| Surname | Vald |
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| Name | Grigory |
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| Patronym | Borisovich |
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| Birth year | 1938 |
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| Birth month | 3 |
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| Birth day | 18 |
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| birth_place | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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Khesselberg Eduard (1870-1935)
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| Surname | Khesselberg |
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| Name | Eduard |
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| Birth year | 1870 |
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| Birth month | 5 |
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| Birth day | 3 |
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| birth_place | Riga |
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| Death year | 1935 |
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| death_month | 6 |
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| death_day | 12 |
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| Death place | Los |
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Khesselberg Eduard (Gregory) (03.05.1870, Riga — 12.06.1935, Los Angeles) — pianist, composer. Studied at the conservatoire of the Moscow Philharmonic Society and under Anton Rubinstein. Lived in France and Germany; emigrated to the USA in 1892; directed conservatories in various cities. In 1912, appointed piano teacher and examiner at the Toronto Conservatoire and several women's colleges. Taught at the conservatoires of Hamilton and London; lived in Toronto until 1918. Author of over 100 piano pieces and songs. Pseudonym — D'Essenelli. Father of film actor Melvyn Douglas.
Works: Modern Music and Musicians. New York, Toronto, 1912.