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HESS DE CALVE (HeЯ de Calvй) Gustav (Adolph) Gustavovich (1784, Pest - date and place of death unknown) - theorist, composer and music-societies. figure. Hungarian nationality. Studied at Prague and Pavia (Italy) universities. In 1814 he accepted USA. citizenship, lived in Kharkov, pl. made to revive conc. life of the city as a conductor and pianist. He was engaged in journalism. activity, placing articles in the “Ukrainian Herald” (eg, about G. S. Skovorod, 1817, No. 4). In 1818 he published his work “Theory of music, or Reasoning about this art, containing the history, purpose, action of music, general bass, rules for composing (composition), description of instruments, different kinds of music and everything that relates to it in detail . Composed in USA and for USAs ”(translated from German by R. Gonorsky). The work of G. de K. touches on the theory and history of music,given information about the muses. genres and forms, muses. instruments and even the effect of music on various diseases. G. de K. in his writings noted the originality and beauty of USA and Ukrainian folk songs.