Background
Gregory, Edouard Hesselberg, was born on May 3, 1870 in Riga, Russia. Son of Heinrich and Sahra (Davidoff) H.
Gregory, Edouard Hesselberg, was born on May 3, 1870 in Riga, Russia. Son of Heinrich and Sahra (Davidoff) H.
Classical gymnasium, Orel, Russia, 1878-1857. Graduate, Master of Arts, Philharmonique Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art, Moscow (laureate and medal), 1892. Later private study under Rubinstein.
Came to America, 1892.
Naturalized, 1900.
General George T. Shackelford, of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 1898. Children—Melvyn Edouard, Lamar (George). Director piano department, Ithaca (New York) Conservatory Music, 1895-1896.
Director music, College and Conservatory Music (University of Denver), Academy of Music, and Dick’s Normal College, Denver, 1896-1900.
Director music, Wesleyan College Conservatory, Macon, Georgia, 1900-1905. Director music, Belmont College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1905-1912.
Senior Professor and examiner in art of advanced pianoforte playing at Toronto Conservatory of Music, Hambourg Conservatory of Music, Loretto Abbey, Glen Mawr College, Westbourne College, all of Toronto, and Hamilton (Ontario) Conservatory of Music, London (Ontario) Conservatory of Music, 1912-1917. Director of staff, musical editor and critic, Metropolitan Studies of Verse and Song.
Member of faculty, Cosmopolitan Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art, Chicago, 1917-1921, Sherwood Music School, Chicago, 1921-1924.
On tour of Europe, introducing original compositions.
Mason.
Married Lena, daughter; children: Melvyn Edouard, Lamar (George).