Adele Bloesch-Stöcker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adele Bloesch-Stöcker

Swiss composer (1875-1978)

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1875

Place of Birth: Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1978

Profession: composer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (12 June 1875 – 10 September 1978) was a Swiss-German violinist and composer.
She was born in Gummersbach, Germany, and was associated with Fritz Brun and Othmar Schoeck.She performed in Cologne, Berlin, Leipzig and Bern and was a founding member of the Bern Chamber Orchestra.
In 1909 she married Swiss author Hans Bloesch (1878-1945).She was responsible for the musical aspects of the Schweizeische Ausstellung für Frauenarbeit (SAFFA) in 1928, for which she composed a SAFFA walz and directed the women orchestra. After giving up her performing career for health reasons, Bloesch-Stöcker turned to composition.
She released her Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor in 1935, and conducted performances in 1935-36 in Bern and Burgdorf.
In 1973, she published an article, Erinnerungen an Max Reger (Memories of Max Reger) about the composer.
She died in Winterthur.