Fred Gaisberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Gaisberg

American record producer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1873

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1951

Profession: composer, record producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.