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 526-550 of 1229 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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  
(Results 526-550 of 1229 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gaisberg, Frederick William," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.

Gaisberg, Frederick William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116625.

"Gaisberg, Frederick William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.

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