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American music manager
Alma Voedisch
A white woman wearing a slouchy brimmed hat, a dark suit, and a light-colored blouseAlma Voedisch, from a 1917 publication
BornJune 23, 1878
Menomonie, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 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.

Early life

Voedisch was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin, the daughter of Christian Voedisch and Eula (Julia) V. Koethke. Her parents were both born in Germany. She studied piano as a young woman.

Career

Voedisch was business manager of the Western Musical Herald before 1912. She managed and booked musical acts in the midwest, including Julia Claussen, Yvonne de Tréville, Saba Doak, Theodore Spiering, George Hamlin, Theodora Sturkow-Ryder, and Leopold Godowsky. She also booked tours for the Minnesota Orchestra, the Ukrainian National Chorus, and the Boston Grand Opera. She opened an office for theatrical management in New York in 1917. She encouraged and supported the development of local music associations, 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.

Voedisch led her first group tour of Europe in 1926, touring factories and palaces, and attending concerts, pageants, and operas. She continued traveling in Europe annually into the late 1930s. She wrote about seeing Hitler and Mussolini in Nurnberg in 1937. In her later years she took charge of her family business, Voedisch Bros. Wholesale Sporting Goods, after her brothers died.

Personal life

Voedisch died in Chicago in 1949, aged 70 years.

References

  1. "Wins Success in Concert Bookings". The Dunn County News. 1929-07-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Rotary Entertained by Voedisch Sisters". Leader-Telegram. 1938-07-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alma Voedisch to Sail for Europe". The Dunn County News. 1912-05-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Alma Voedisch Visits Hubbard's Lodge". Musical America. 22: 33. September 25, 1915.
  5. "Chicago". Musical Courier. 67: 16. July 30, 1913.
  6. "Alma Voedisch is Firm Believer in Importance of Music in Development of Town Community Life". Press-Telegram. 1922-12-11. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Business Staff Enlarged". Star Tribune. 1910-10-06. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Great Orchestra to be Heard Here". The Dunn County News. 1910-08-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Ukrainian Chorus May be Heard Here". Joplin Globe. 1922-08-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-11-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Alma Voedisch Presents Boston Opera Artists". Musical America. 22: 21. October 16, 1915.
  11. "Alma Voedisch to Manage Concert Bureau of Max Rabinoff's New Opera Company". Musical Courier. 71 (14): 32. October 7, 1915 – via Internet Archive.
  12. "Alma Voedisch Opens Office on Forty-Second Street, New York". Musical Courier. 75: 41. October 11, 1917.
  13. "Pushes Founding of Local Grand Opera Association". The Indianapolis Star. 1916-02-06. p. 42. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Miss Alma Voedisch Pays Visit to City". Altoona Mirror. 1930-05-29. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Women are Art Aides". The Bee. 1922-10-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Tells of Sights Seen in Europe". The Dunn County News. 1926-10-21. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Eastern Germany Grips Traveler". The Dunn County News. 1935-08-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "World Traveler Writes of Trans-Atlantic Trip". The Dunn County News. 1938-09-21. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Sees Hitler". The Dunn County News. 1937-09-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Alma Voedisch". The Dunn County News. 1949-01-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-11-25 – via Newspapers.com.
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