Fred Gaisberg

American-born musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest classical music producers for the gramophone (1 January 1873 – 2 September 1951). Will Gaisberg's brother. Fred Gaisberg is known to have begun his career as a piano accompanist for Columbia in Washington in the early 1890's. In 1893 he switched to Berliner, and began a 45-year career as one of the recording industry's leading impressarios, responsible for bringing many of the great classical artists (including Caruso) into the studio.