 Margarete Dessoff

Emma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff (11 June 1874 – 27 November 1944) was a German choral conductor, singer, and voice teacher.Margarete (sometimes incorrectly spelled Margarethe) Dessoff was born in Vienna and came to Frankfurt am Main when she was six years old, her father (Felix Otto Dessoff) having been appointed conductor of the Frankfurt Opera House.