 Arriving in New York , <unk> struggled to find a niche in an already crowded music scene . She put on a performance in Vaudeville entitled <unk> , which combined <unk> music with dancers . New York was already home to many North American and European musical performers , so <unk> focused on her <unk> musical repertoire , which she combined with knowledge and skill in modernist western singing . <unk> began giving annual recitals at <unk> Hall , and in November 1917 her performance there caught the eye of many leading composers . She developed her own reputation quickly , known as a " ... sensitive <unk> of interesting , <unk> songs " . She gave renditions of three songs by Maurice Ravel . Her performance then also included American premieres of Stravinsky 's Three Japanese Lyrics and <unk> ' Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan . The performance was a great success , and she began to receive invitations to perform premieres of songs by contemporary composers . Stravinsky arranged to have <unk> to premiere all of his vocal pieces . 
