Adele Bloesch-Stöcker

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Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (born June 21, 1875 in Gummersbach , Germany ; † September 10, 1978 in Winterthur , Switzerland ) was a German-Swiss violinist and composer .

As a violin soloist, Adele Stöcker has performed in Cologne , Leipzig , Berlin and Bern and played under Fritz Brun and Othmar Schoeck . In 1909 she married the Swiss author and librarian Hans Bloesch (1878–1945). Fritz Brun dedicated his first violin sonata to her.

Bloesch-Stöcker was one of the founders of the Bern Chamber Orchestra in 1920 . In 1928 she was responsible for the musical design of the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA).

After she had to give up her virtuoso career for health reasons, she tried her hand at composition. In 1935 she published her only self-composed Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, which was performed under her direction in 1935 and 1936 in Burgdorf and Bern with the soloist Marguerite von Siebenthal .

In 1973 Adele Bloesch-Stöcker published Memoirs of Max Reger , whom she knew from her time in Cologne and Leipzig.

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  1. ↑ Berner Rundschau: Collaborateurs. In: unifr.ch. Retrieved January 3, 2015 .
  2. ^ Charles Linsmayer: Blösch [Bloesch], Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Fritz Brun estate directory ( Memento of June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) p. 20 (PDF)
  4. ↑ Orchestral works by female composers in Musikverlag ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) p. 13 (PDF)
  5. ↑ Adele Bloesch-Stöcker: Memories of Max Reger. limited preview in Google Book search
personal data
SURNAME Bloesch-Stöcker, Adele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Gummersbach
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1978
Place of death Winterthur