Will Vodery, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Will Vodery

American composer and conductor

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1885

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1951

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Will Vodery (October 8, 1885 – November 18, 1951) was an African-American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger, and one of the few black Americans of his time to make a name for himself as a composer on Broadway, working largely for Florenz Ziegfeld. He had offices at the Gaiety Theatre office building in Times Square.