Ribbons And Bows Podcast

About Ribbons & Bows  An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

A girl, play violin? Not too long ago, it just wasn’t done. These women did it. Then, they disappeared. In this episode, we set the stage for the violin in music, and meet four shining starlets of the early stage through the late Romantic Era – those wonderful women born in the late 1800s at the turn of the century –the pioneering pioneers in our evolving story… Ms. Maud Powell… Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow. Podcast 1 Featured Violinists Maud Powell, Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow. Other Mentions Andrea Amtai, Antonio Stradivari, Nicolo Armati, Henry Shradieck, Camille Urso, Ovdie Musin, Eugene Ysaye, Luigi Von Kunits, John Philip Sousa, William Lewis, Hanry Schradieck, Charles Dancla, and Joseph Joachim. Podcast 1 Music & Credits Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla), Polonaise Op. 38 (Vieuxtemps), Air-Have Pity, Sweet Eyes, Deep River (Coleridge-Taylor), Tambourin (LeClair), Bouquet American Op 33 St. Patricks Day (Vieuxtemps), Violin Concerto No 2 Op 22 Romanc

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 2  In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition. In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray! Podcast 2 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne Podcast 2 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Mint

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 2  In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition. In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray! Podcast 2 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne Podcast 2 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Mint

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 3  In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott. Podcast 3 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell Podcast 3 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott Podcast 3 Segment 1 Other Mentions Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye Podcast 3 Segment 2 Other Mentions Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt Podcast 3 Segment 1 Music & Credits Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla) Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki – Aucassin (Kreisler), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Nocutne in C#m (Chopin) Podcast 3 Segment 2 Music &am

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 3  In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott. Podcast 3 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell Podcast 3 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott Podcast 3 Segment 1 Other Mentions Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye Podcast 3 Segment 2 Other Mentions Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt Podcast 3 Segment 1 Music & Credits Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla) Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki – Aucassin (Kreisler), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Nocutne in C#m (Chopin) Podcast 3 Segment 2 Music &am

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 4  In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts. Podcast 4 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff Podcast 4 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes Podcast 4 Segment 3 Featured Violinists Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen Podcast 4 Segment 1 Other Mentions Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch Podcast 4 Segment 2 Other Mentions Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch Podcast 4 Segment 3 Other Mentions Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Mal

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 4  In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts. Podcast 4 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff Podcast 4 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes Podcast 4 Segment 3 Featured Violinists Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen Podcast 4 Segment 1 Other Mentions Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch Podcast 4 Segment 2 Other Mentions Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch Podcast 4 Segment 3 Other Mentions Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Mal

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 4  In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts. Podcast 4 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff Podcast 4 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes Podcast 4 Segment 3 Featured Violinists Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen Podcast 4 Segment 1 Other Mentions Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch Podcast 4 Segment 2 Other Mentions Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch Podcast 4 Segment 3 Other Mentions Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Mal

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 5  In this episode,   women violinists who hailed from other countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Because no history of women violinists in this period would be complete without at least nod to the international women on the scene, in this program, we will meet five superlative Russians: Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Lea Luboshutz, and Frances Berkova. Three greats from Great Britain, Isolde Menges , Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel;.  Two French fiddlers: Genette Neveu &  Renee Chemet. Two Hungarian Rhapsodizers, Jelly D’Aranyi, Stefi Geyer. And Italian immortal Valentina Crespi.  We’ll cover a lot of ground, in this international survey so we hope you’ll join us! Let’s pack up our bags and get going! Podcast 5 Featured Violinists Isolde Menges, Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel, May Harrison, Valentina Crespi, Sefi Geyer, Lea Luboshutz, Frances Berkova, Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Jelly d’Aranyi, and Renee Chemet Podcast 5 Other Men

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 6  In this episode, “Surprising Strengths, FABULOUS FIRSTS & and Cool Connections.” Podcast 6 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Florence Hardeman, Vera Barstow, Florence Austin, Maud Powell, Estelle Gray-Lhevinne, Barbaba Lull, Ilse Niemack, Ruth Ray, Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, Viola Mitchell, Byrd Elliott, Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Lea Luboshutz, Frances Berkova, Isolde Menges, Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel, Genette Neveu, Renee Chemet, Jelly d’Aranyi, Stefi Geyer, Valentina Crespi, Erika Morini, Marjorie Edwards, Thelma Given, Kemp Stillings, Cecilia Hansen, May Harrison, Mary Gale Hafford, Marie Caslova, Evelyn Starr, Cordelia Lee, Ruth Breton, Helen Kwalwasser, Betty-Jean Hagen, Erika Morini, Gisella New, Ruth Kemper, Mary Gale Hafford, Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, Dorothy Minty, Johanna Martzy, Erna Rubinstein, Madelein Carabo, and Beverly Somach Podcast 6 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Madeline Carabo, Regina Carter, Albena Danailova, Ida Haendel, Jana Jae,

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 6  In this episode, “Surprising Strengths, FABULOUS FIRSTS & and Cool Connections.” Podcast 6 Segment 1 Featured Violinists Florence Hardeman, Vera Barstow, Florence Austin, Maud Powell, Estelle Gray-Lhevinne, Barbaba Lull, Ilse Niemack, Ruth Ray, Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, Viola Mitchell, Byrd Elliott, Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Lea Luboshutz, Frances Berkova, Isolde Menges, Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel, Genette Neveu, Renee Chemet, Jelly d’Aranyi, Stefi Geyer, Valentina Crespi, Erika Morini, Marjorie Edwards, Thelma Given, Kemp Stillings, Cecilia Hansen, May Harrison, Mary Gale Hafford, Marie Caslova, Evelyn Starr, Cordelia Lee, Ruth Breton, Helen Kwalwasser, Betty-Jean Hagen, Erika Morini, Gisella New, Ruth Kemper, Mary Gale Hafford, Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, Dorothy Minty, Johanna Martzy, Erna Rubinstein, Madelein Carabo, and Beverly Somach Podcast 6 Segment 2 Featured Violinists Madeline Carabo, Regina Carter, Albena Danailova, Ida Haendel, Jana Jae,