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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 526-550 of 1233 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 7310½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Il balen del suo sorriso | Francesco Cigada | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7312b | 10-in. | 1905 | Il vecchietto cerca moglie | Emma Zaccaria | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7313b | 10-in. | 1905 | Ninna-nanna | Cesare Preve | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7319½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Vivra contende il giubilo | Francesco Cigada ; Angela De Angelis | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7320b | 10-in. | 1905 | Vivrà, contende il giubilo | Celestina Boninsegna ; Francesco Cigada | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7321b | 10-in. | 1905 | Ernani, involami | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7323b | 10-in. | 1905 | Vaga donna | Lina Mileri | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7326½b | 10-in. | 1905 | L'ama di Toledo | Teatro alla Scala Orchestra | Orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7329b | 10-in. | 1905 | A tanto amor | Francesco Cigada | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7330b | 10-in. | 1905 | Come il romito fior | Enrico Pignataro | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7335b | 10-in. | 1905 | Non sai tu che d'un giusto | Gino Martinez-Patti ; Cesare Preve | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7337b | 10-in. | Jan. 1905 | Tu se' Ernani | Ida Giacomelli ; Gino Martinez-Patti ; Enrico Pignataro | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7343b | 10-in. | 1905 | Mira, o Norma | Ida Giacomelli ; Lina Mileri | Vocal duet (2 sopranos), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7346b | 10-in. | 1905 | Parigi o cara | Emilio Perea ; Adele Rizzini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7350b | 10-in. | approximately 1905 | Coro introduzione | Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Coro ; Aristide Venturi | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7351b | 10-in. | 1905 | Pace e gioia | Emilio Perea ; Antonio Pini-Corsi | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7552½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Di quella pira | Giovanni Valls | Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7553b | 10-in. | 1905 | Libiam nei lieti calici | Emilio Perea ; Adele Rizzini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chorus and orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7554b | 10-in. | 1905 | Che fate qui signor | Gino Martinez-Patti ; Enrico Pignataro ; Cesare Preve | Vocal trio (tenor, baritone, and bass) | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7560½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Aspetta, aspetta, cara sposina | Gaetano Pini-Corsi ; Giovanni Polese | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7563⅓b | 10-in. | 1905 | Quante d'Iberia giovani | Ida Giacomelli | Soprano vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7566b | 10-in. | 1905 | Bei raggi | Ida Roselli ; Teatro alla Scala Coro | Soprano vocal solo, with piano and chorus | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7568b | 10-in. | 1905 | Rachele allor che iddio | Gino Martinez-Patti | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7577½b | 10-in. | ca. 1905 | Oh! Qual marchio di bassezza | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | recordist | |
Gramophone | 7578b | 10-in. | 1905 | Dio che la terra venera | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | recordist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gaisberg, Frederick William," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.
Gaisberg, Frederick William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.
"Gaisberg, Frederick William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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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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