E3 (Part 2 of 2) The Great Depression

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.