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Alma Voedisch
Alma Voedisch (June 23, 1878 – January 9, 1949) was an American musicians' manager and tour agent. Early lifeVoedisch 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] CareerVoedisch 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] Personal lifeVoedisch died in Chicago in 1949, aged 70 years.[20] References
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