Alma Voedisch | |
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![]() Alma Voedisch, from a 1917 publication | |
Born | June 23, 1878 Menomonie, Wisconsin |
Died | January 9, 1949 Chicago |
Occupation(s) | Musicians' manager, tour agent |
Alma Voedisch (June 23, 1878 – January 9, 1949) was an American musicians' manager and tour agent.
Voedisch was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin, [1] [2] the daughter of Christian Voedisch and Eula (Julia) V. Koethke. Her parents were both born in Germany. She studied piano as a young woman. [3]
Voedisch was business manager of the Western Musical Herald before 1912. [3] She managed and booked musical acts in the midwest, including Julia Claussen, [4] Yvonne de Tréville, Saba Doak, Theodore Spiering, George Hamlin, Theodora Sturkow-Ryder, [5] and Leopold Godowsky. [6] She also booked tours for the Minnesota Orchestra, [7] [8] the Ukrainian National Chorus, [9] and the Boston Grand Opera. [10] [11] She opened an office for theatrical management in New York in 1917. [12] She encouraged and supported the development of local music associations, [13] [14] and credited clubwomen for their flourishing: "Were it not for the women's clubs, which back attractions at considerable financial risk, appearances of world famous artists would be confined to only a few of the larger cities", she said in 1922. [15]
Voedisch led her first group tour of Europe in 1926, touring factories and palaces, and attending concerts, pageants, and operas. [16] She continued traveling in Europe annually into the late 1930s. [2] [17] [18] She wrote about seeing Hitler and Mussolini in Nurnberg in 1937. [19] In her later years she took charge of her family business, Voedisch Bros. Wholesale Sporting Goods, after her brothers died. [20]
Voedisch died in Chicago in 1949, aged 70 years. [20]
Alma Voedisch | |
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![]() Alma Voedisch, from a 1917 publication | |
Born | June 23, 1878 Menomonie, Wisconsin |
Died | January 9, 1949 Chicago |
Occupation(s) | Musicians' manager, tour agent |
Alma Voedisch (June 23, 1878 – January 9, 1949) was an American musicians' manager and tour agent.
Voedisch was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin, [1] [2] the daughter of Christian Voedisch and Eula (Julia) V. Koethke. Her parents were both born in Germany. She studied piano as a young woman. [3]
Voedisch was business manager of the Western Musical Herald before 1912. [3] She managed and booked musical acts in the midwest, including Julia Claussen, [4] Yvonne de Tréville, Saba Doak, Theodore Spiering, George Hamlin, Theodora Sturkow-Ryder, [5] and Leopold Godowsky. [6] She also booked tours for the Minnesota Orchestra, [7] [8] the Ukrainian National Chorus, [9] and the Boston Grand Opera. [10] [11] She opened an office for theatrical management in New York in 1917. [12] She encouraged and supported the development of local music associations, [13] [14] and credited clubwomen for their flourishing: "Were it not for the women's clubs, which back attractions at considerable financial risk, appearances of world famous artists would be confined to only a few of the larger cities", she said in 1922. [15]
Voedisch led her first group tour of Europe in 1926, touring factories and palaces, and attending concerts, pageants, and operas. [16] She continued traveling in Europe annually into the late 1930s. [2] [17] [18] She wrote about seeing Hitler and Mussolini in Nurnberg in 1937. [19] In her later years she took charge of her family business, Voedisch Bros. Wholesale Sporting Goods, after her brothers died. [20]
Voedisch died in Chicago in 1949, aged 70 years. [20]