Frederick William Gaisberg
Frederick William Gaisberg (1 January 1873 – 2 September 1951) was an American musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest classical music producers for the gramophone. He himself did not use the term 'producer', and was not an impresario like his protégé Walter Legge of EMI or an innovator like John Culshaw of Decca. Gaisberg concentrated on talent-scouting and persuading performers to make recordings for the newly invented Gramophone. Gaisberg began working in the recording industry in America as a young man, becoming a pioneer of early recording, and also worked as piano accompanist for the Berliner Gram-O-Phone Company, the inventors of the practical lateral-groove disc and associated playback apparatus, the Berliner Gramophone. In 1898, he joined the Gramophone Company in England as its first recording engineer. In 1902, he recorded music sung by the tenor Enrico Caruso and the recordings became a sensation. By 1921, Gaisberg was artistic director of HMV's 'international artistes' department. After 1925, he concentrated on artist management. In 1939, he retired from his position but continued as a consultant in the industry through the 1940s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1873 (Washington, D.C.), Died September 2, 1951 (Hampstead)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1892 - 1920
Roles Represented in DAHR: recordist, composer, piano
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Recordings (Results 351-375 of 1233 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 2651f | 12-in. | 10/19/1908 | Norwegian wedding march | Wilhelm Backhaus | Piano solo | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2680½c | 12-in. | 10/19/1912 | O give me oblivion | Dmitriĭ Alekseevich Smirnov | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2701b | 10-in. | 10/26/1902 | Serenade | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2703b | 10-in. | 10/26/1902 | Sextette | Jan Kubelík | Violin solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2705e | 10-in. | October 1905 | Eugen Onegin : Romans | John Forsell | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2820b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Demonio : Aria | Eugenio Giraldoni | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2822b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Aria della morte | Eugenio Giraldoni | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2838b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Donna non vidi mai | Edoardo Garbin | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2843b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Una vergine | Edoardo Garbin | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2853b | 10-in. | November 1902 | Guì, guì | Berardo Cantalamessa | Male vocal solo | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2861b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | L'ideale | Fernando de Lucia | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2863b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | La donna è mobile | Fernando de Lucia | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2864b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Il barbiere di Siviglia : Aria | Fernando De Lucia | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2868b | 10-in. | Oct. 1903 | Recondita armonia | Fernando de Lucia | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2870b | 10-in. | Nov. 1902 | Il sogno | Fernando de Lucia | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2873b | 10-in. | 11/30/1902 | Celeste Aïda | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2874b | 10-in. | 11/30/1902 | Cielo e mar | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2875b | 10-in. | 11/30/1902 | Vesti la giubba | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2876b | 10-in. | 11/30/1902 | Siciliana | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2877b | 10-in. | 11/30/1902 | Non t'amo più | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2879b | 10-in. | December 1902 | La mia canzone | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2882b | 10-in. | December 1902 | Luna fedel | Enrico Caruso | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2884b | 10-in. | Oct. 1903 | O casto flor | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2886b | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1902 | Eri tu che macciavi quell' anima | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 2887b | 10-in. | Dec. 1902 | Come il romito fior | Giuseppe De Luca | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gaisberg, Frederick William," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.
Gaisberg, Frederick William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.
"Gaisberg, Frederick William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gaisberg, Frederick William - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95024030
Wikidata: Fred Gaisberg - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5495215
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/38044502
MusicBrainz: Fred Gaisberg - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c22b145-b2f0-48ec-a151-dab518ffc9ff
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