alfred grünfeld was the first pianist of note to make commercial recordings. his earliest recording was made in 1889 on wax cylinder for the edison phonograph, brought to europe by theo wangemann. on 18 november, grünfeld recorded his own "kleine serenade", dances by brahms and his "ungarische rhapsodie" with a new horn mounted on the underside of the piano. the "ungarische rhapsodie" was discovered in the archives of thomas edison and restored in 2012.