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 326-350 of 1229 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone G2149b 10-in. 1902 Home, sweet home Suzanne Adams Soprano vocal solo, with piano recordist  
Gramophone 2222c 12-in. 6/9/1911 Ô beau pays! Frieda Hempel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2224c 12-in. 6/10/1911 Lied an die Flasche Max Lohfing Male vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2226c 12-in. 6/10/1911 Auch ich war ein Jüngling Max Lohfing Male vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2227c 12-in. 6/10/1911 Charmant oiseau Frieda Hempel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra and flute recordist  
Gramophone 2229c 12-in. 6/10/1911 Ernani, involami Frieda Hempel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2246c 12-in. 6/23/1911 La vilanelle Frieda Hempel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2309c 12-in. 8/26/1911 Wohl drang aus ihrem Herzen Otakár Mařák Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2310c 12-in. 8/26/1911 Flieh', o flieh' Otakár Mařák Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2339c 12-in. 9/1/1911 Recha, als Gott dich einst zur Tochter Jacques Urlus Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2343c 12-in. 9/1/1911 Otello's tod Jacques Urlus Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2353l 10-in. approximately 1904 Pallide mammole Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Carlo Sabajno Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano recordist  
Gramophone 2355c 12-in. 9/7/1911 Ich seh' die mutter dort Max Kuttner ; Gertrud Runge Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2356c 12-in. 9/7/1911 O lass' uns fliehen Max Kuttner ; Gertrud Runge Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2378c 12-in. 9/11/1911 Wie aus der Ferne langst vergang'ner zeiten Fritz Feinhals Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2383c 12-in. 9/12/1911 Die frist is um Fritz Feinhals Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2384c 12-in. 9/12/1911 Die frist is um Fritz Feinhals Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2392c 12-in. 9/13/1911 Ver' sank ich jetzt in wunderbares Traumen? Fritz Feinhals ; Melanie Kurt Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2539c 12-in. 11/12/1911 Ne osenniy melkiy dozhdichek Frederick William Gaisberg Bass vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra recordist  
Gramophone 2545c 12-in. 11/20/1911 Romans molodogo tzygana Dmitriĭ Alekseevich Smirnov Tenor vocal solo, with piano recordist  
Gramophone 2581c 12-in. Feb. 1912 Hark, hark the lark Ignace Jan Paderewski Piano solo recordist  
Gramophone 2614c 12-in. 4/26/1912 Ogorodnik N. V. Plevitzkaya Mezzo-soprano vocal solo recordist  
Gramophone 2615c 12-in. 4/26/1912 Ivan Susanin N. V. Plevitzkaya Mezzo-soprano vocal solo recordist  
Gramophone 2623½c 12-in. 5/1/1912 Deyaniya Svyatikh Apostolov Khor I. M. Yukhov ; K. V. Rozov Male vocal solo, with chorus recordist  
Gramophone 2628c 12-in. 5/1/1912 Chtenie iz posledovaniya v Nedelyu Pravoslavia (Simvol very) Khor I. M. Yukhov ; K. V. Rozov Male vocal solo, with chorus recordist  
(Results 326-350 of 1229 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gaisberg, Frederick William," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.

Gaisberg, Frederick William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.

"Gaisberg, Frederick William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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