Episodes

Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Episode 0
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
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.

Thursday Mar 28, 2019
E1 - Early beginnings through the late Romantic Era
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
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 Romance (Wieniawski), Violin Concerto No 7 in G (Arr) Allegro Maestro (Beriot), Zephyr (Blumenleben), La Boheme Potpouri/introduction, musetta’s waltz, Bright Eyes as Yours (Wieniawski)
- Devon Filo – Improvisation
- Smithsonian Institute Brass Band – Free and Easy
- Ralk Kirkpatrick – Sonata in G Major, K105 (Scarlatti)
- Billy Murray – Over There (George M Cohan)
- Vera Barstow – Ballet Music from Rosamunde (Schumbert-Kreisler), Viennese Popular Song-The Old Refrain (Transcribed by Fritz Kreisler)
- Bill Brown and his Brownies – Hot Lips (Brusse, Lange, Davis)
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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.

Thursday Feb 28, 2019
E2 (Part 1 of 2) World War I through the roaring 1920s
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
Thursday Feb 28, 2019
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 Minty
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven), Aucassin (Kreisler), Romanze (Kreisler), Nocturne in C#m (Chopin)
- Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
- Josh Workman – War Theme, Sad Theme
- Hayden Quartet – Silent Night Hallowed Night
- Irma Seydel – Liebesleid (Kreisler)
- Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb Major (Beethoven)
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Hungarian Dance No 1 (Brahms), Concerto Op 64 (Mendelssohn), Parita No 1 in Bm (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Aucassin (Kreisler)
- Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
- Josh Workman – War Theme
- Helen Ware – Melody in F (Rubenstein)
- Dorothy Minty – Violin Sonata in Fm Op 4 (Mendelssohn)

Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
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 Minty
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven), Aucassin (Kreisler), Romanze (Kreisler), Nocturne in C#m (Chopin)
- Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
- Josh Workman – War Theme, Sad Theme
- Hayden Quartet – Silent Night Hallowed Night
- Irma Seydel – Liebesleid (Kreisler)
- Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb Major (Beethoven)
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Hungarian Dance No 1 (Brahms), Concerto Op 64 (Mendelssohn), Parita No 1 in Bm (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Aucassin (Kreisler)
- Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
- Josh Workman – War Theme
- Helen Ware – Melody in F (Rubenstein)
- Dorothy Minty – Violin Sonata in Fm Op 4 (Mendelssohn)

Friday Dec 28, 2018
E3 (Part 1 of 2) The Great Depression
Friday Dec 28, 2018
Friday Dec 28, 2018
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 & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Ruth Posselt – Baal Sherm (Bloch), Concerto for Violin Op 38 (Hill), Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky), Interview with Ruth Posselt Violin Concerto (Hindemith)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven)
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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.

Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
E3 (Part 2 of 2) The Great Depression
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
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 & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Ruth Posselt – Baal Sherm (Bloch), Concerto for Violin Op 38 (Hill), Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky), Interview with Ruth Posselt Violin Concerto (Hindemith)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven)
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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.

Sunday Oct 28, 2018
E4 (Part 1 of 3) World War II
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
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, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz
Podcast 4 Segment 1 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romanze (Kreisler), Zigeunerweisen Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
- Josh Workman – Sad Theme
- The Four Vagabonds – Rosie the Riviter (Evans/Loeb)
- Ruth Posselt – Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky)
- Miriam Solovieff – Violin Concerto (Lalo)
- Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb major (Beethoven)
Podcast 4 Segment 2 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Guila Bustabo – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 61 (Beethoven), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C minor, Op 53 (Dvorak), Interview of Guila Bustabo
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Partita No 1 Allenmande (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Zigeunerweisen, Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
Podcast 4 Segment 3 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Aucassin (Kreisler), Sonata for Violin KV454 2nd Movement (Mozart), Romanze (Kreisler)
- Patricia Travers – Indtroduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28 (Saint-Saens)
- Beverly Somach – Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini (Kreisler), Liebesfreud (Kreisler ), May Breezes (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), Preludium and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani (Kreisler)
- Eugene List/Carol Glenn – Double Concerto in D minor Allegro (Mendelssohn)
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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.

Friday Sep 28, 2018
E4 (Part 2 of 3) World War II
Friday Sep 28, 2018
Friday Sep 28, 2018
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, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz
Podcast 4 Segment 1 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romanze (Kreisler), Zigeunerweisen Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
- Josh Workman – Sad Theme
- The Four Vagabonds – Rosie the Riviter (Evans/Loeb)
- Ruth Posselt – Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky)
- Miriam Solovieff – Violin Concerto (Lalo)
- Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb major (Beethoven)
Podcast 4 Segment 2 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Guila Bustabo – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 61 (Beethoven), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C minor, Op 53 (Dvorak), Interview of Guila Bustabo
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Partita No 1 Allenmande (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Zigeunerweisen, Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
Podcast 4 Segment 3 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Aucassin (Kreisler), Sonata for Violin KV454 2nd Movement (Mozart), Romanze (Kreisler)
- Patricia Travers – Indtroduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28 (Saint-Saens)
- Beverly Somach – Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini (Kreisler), Liebesfreud (Kreisler ), May Breezes (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), Preludium and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani (Kreisler)
- Eugene List/Carol Glenn – Double Concerto in D minor Allegro (Mendelssohn)
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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.

Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
E4 (Part 3 of 3) World War II
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
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, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz
Podcast 4 Segment 1 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romanze (Kreisler), Zigeunerweisen Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
- Josh Workman – Sad Theme
- The Four Vagabonds – Rosie the Riviter (Evans/Loeb)
- Ruth Posselt – Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky)
- Miriam Solovieff – Violin Concerto (Lalo)
- Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb major (Beethoven)
Podcast 4 Segment 2 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Guila Bustabo – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 61 (Beethoven), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C minor, Op 53 (Dvorak), Interview of Guila Bustabo
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Partita No 1 Allenmande (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Zigeunerweisen, Op 20 (Pablo de Sarasate)
Podcast 4 Segment 3 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Aucassin (Kreisler), Sonata for Violin KV454 2nd Movement (Mozart), Romanze (Kreisler)
- Patricia Travers – Indtroduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28 (Saint-Saens)
- Beverly Somach – Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini (Kreisler), Liebesfreud (Kreisler ), May Breezes (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), Preludium and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani (Kreisler)
- Eugene List/Carol Glenn – Double Concerto in D minor Allegro (Mendelssohn)
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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.

Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
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 Mentions
Leopold Auer, Carl Flesch, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Davis, Joyce Rathbone, Andre Tchaikowsky, Sir William Glock, Miecyzslaw Michalowicz, George Enesco, Hubay, Bela Bartok, Hans-Heinz Schneeberger, Othmar Schoeck, Efrem Zimbalist, Mischa Elmann, David Oistrach, Eugene Ysaye, Ivan Galamian, Louis Persinger, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, Myra Hess, Joseph Joachim, Robert Schumann, Yehudi Menuhin, George Kulenkampff, Jules Boucherit, Nadia Boulanger, Line Talluel
Podcast 5 Music & Credits
- Maud Powell- Souvenir (Drdla)
- Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Sonata for Violin KV454 2nd Movement (Mozart), Romanze (Kreisler), Concerto Op 64 (Mendelssohn), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Nocturne in C#m (Chopin), Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini)
- Deborah Tien-Price – Partita No 1 in Bm (Bach)
- Josh Workman – War Theme
- Ginette Neveu – Violin Concerto in D major Op 61 (Beethoven)
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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.