Gaisberg (l) with Sir Edward Elgar and Yehudi Menuhin outside the EMI Abbey Road Studios after the recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto in 1932.
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.
Frederick William Gaisberg (1 January 1873 – 2 September 1951) was an American musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest classical music producers...
first series of recordings was made on 3 and 5 April 1902 by Will and FredGaisberg. Eighteen usable sides by the members of the Sistine Chapel Choir were...
be heard, rather faintly, together with those of the other choristers on the Sistine Chapel recordings made by FredGaisberg in 1902. Short biography...
receiver's index. In 1895, comic Billy Golden introduced Berliner to FredGaisberg, who, with Barry Peter Owen – a trusted associate within the National...
Lamonte with piano FredGaisberg on Berliner Gramophone "Curse of the Dreamer" – Dan W. Quinn on Columbia Records "Down The Road" (w.m. Fred Gilbert) – Gus...
included Gauhar Jaan, singing a khayal in Raag Jogiya, recorded by FredGaisberg of the Gramophone Company. The sessions began on 8 November 1902. Over...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
recording. Caruso's first recordings were arranged by recording pioneer FredGaisberg and cut on disc in three separate sessions in Milan during April, November...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
approached by FredGaisberg, the chief recording producer for HMV who signed him for his company shortly afterwards. An HMV colleague of Gaisberg described...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
posts. He remains best remembered for his Decca records; along with FredGaisberg and Walter Legge, he was one of the most influential producers of classical...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2014. Hauptfuhrer, Fred; Vespa, Mary (7 April 1980). "A Top Woman Pianist, Martha Argerich, Nearly...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
Berliner's family, though it had operations around the world. In 1898, FredGaisberg moved from the U.S. to London to set up the first disc recording studio...
magazine, The Voice, but he caught the eye of the leading record producer, FredGaisberg, and was soon taking an active role in HMV recording procedures. Between...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
Gramophone of FredGaisberg (1976) Music and Friends: Seven Decades of Letters to Adrian Boult (1979) Sound Revolutions: A Biography of FredGaisberg Founding...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
executives Emile Berliner Bernard Coutaz John Culshaw C. Robert Fine FredGaisberg Klaus Heymann Alain Lanceron Walter Legge Edward Lewis Goddard Lieberson...
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