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Harmony workbooks

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folders 1-5
File
[1906 - 1913]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains eleven harmony workbooks used by Ellen Ballon, including notes and exercises. Two books are labelled "Mr. Goldmark Harmony Book," in reference to her harmony teacher in New York, Rubin Goldmark. Another book includes an inserted repertoire list of piano compositions, composers, and times, presumably related to her piano lessons with Rafael Joseffy.

Letters from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1944-1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains letters to Ellen Ballon from William Somerset Maugham concerning gifts, performances, visits, friends, and books. Some of the letters are also addressed to Sally "Tammie" Ryan and Ralph Gustafson.

Somerset Maugham, William

Letter from Lotte Lehmann to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Lotte Lehmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a brief thank-you note for flowers received.

Lehmann, Charlotte

Letters from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1910-1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains letters from the Canadian Prime Minister to Ellen Ballon, primarily concerning the progress of her musical education and her performances.

Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir

Letter from Josef Hofmann to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Josef Hofmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Josef Hoffman granting Ellen Ballon permission to use his name in a scholarship. Hofmann was Ballon's teacher from 1914-1916 in Switzerland.

Hofmann, Josef

Josef Hofmann with Anton H. at piano

Josef Hofmann with Anton H. at piano

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young boy, "Anton H.," playing the piano, helped by his teacher, Josef Hoffman. The photograph was taken in 1930 by Albert Peterson.

Letters from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1952-1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains three letters from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon concerning her performances and the conferral of an honorary degree by McGill to her.

James, Frank Cyril

Letter from Edna Ferber to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson

Letter from Edna Ferber to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Edna Ferber in response to a birthday telegram sent by Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ralph Gustafson of High Perch Farm, Georgetown, Connecticut.

Ferber, Edna

Letters from Sir William Stewart and Phyllis Duke-Elder to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two short notes, one from Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder, and the other from his wife, Phyllis, thanking Ellen Ballon for lunch.

Duke-Elder, William Stewart, Sir

Letter from Major John White Hughes Bassett to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Major John White Hughes Bassett to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a citation of a poem by Robbie Burns, signed by John Bassett, the president and managing director of the Montreal Gazette.

Bassett, John White Hughes

Telegram from Isidore Ballon to Ellen Ballon

Telegram from Isidore Ballon to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a telegram sent to Ellen Ballon concerning money.

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Wilhelm Backhaus concerning his and Ellen Ballon's performances, written while Backhaus was performing in New Zealand.

Backhaus, Wilhelm

Letters from Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1954-1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains letters concerning Ellen Ballon's performance of music by Heitor Villa-Lobos and the receipt of flowers. File also contains a letter to Ballon from Mary Goldie, Private Secretary to Princess Alice, concerning a letter from the latter and Lord Athlone to Dr. James (presumably Frank Cyril James) at the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the McGill Conservatorium of Music.

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

Letters from Charles -Francois Gounod

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 22
File
1847, 1885

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters written by the composer Charles Francois Gounod. Both letters are numbered (322 and 327) in pencil for an auction.

Gounod, Charles-Francois

Letter from Franz Liszt

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23
File
November 21, 1842

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, accompanied by a typed transcription. The letter addresses the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Liszt, Franz

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24
File
1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter and a cropped postcard depicting a churchyard with a musical excerpt written in pen over top of the picture.

Massenet, Jules Émile Frédéric

Letters from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25
File
1834, 1839-1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (dated 1839) accompanied by one transcription and one translation of other original letters not in the collection (dated 1840).

Mendelssohn, Felix

Letters from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26
File
1901, 1905

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two letters written by Camille Saint-Saens to unidentified people.

Saint-Saens, Camille

Autographs and letters from various composers

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27
File
1844-1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes a postcard with a black and white photograph of Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), an Italian opera composer. The postcard has various signatures on the front, including Francesco Marconi (1855-1916, operatic tenor from Rome) and four other illegible signatures. The postcard is addressed to Frau Dr. Lehnsern(?) of Berlin. File also includes the incipits of three pieces by Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), signed at dated October 3, 1844. There are also five letters written by the following composers: Jacques Offenbach (1879), Gustav Mahler (1899), Edvard Grieg (1902), Maurice Ravel (1921), and Ignacy Paderewski (n.d., 1860-1941).

Letters from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1946-1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains three letters from Heitor Villa-Lobos and one letter and a telegram from Arminda Villa-Lobos. Letters primarily concern Ellen Ballon's performance of Villa-Lobos' music. File also includes four envelopes with Brazilian postage stamps.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 7
File
September 30, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Walter de Mouilpied to Ellen Ballon, written on September 30, 1952. The letter thanks Ballon for a performance she gave at an honorary dinner. Item is accompanied by the stamped envelope in which Ballon received the letter. The postage stamp has been removed from the envelope.

Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt's response to invitation from Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a printed letter from the White House sent in response to an invitation from Ellen Ballon for Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to attend an event in New York on November 28, 1944.

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 2, 1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellon Ballon written on December 2, 1957. The letter concerns a performance by Ellen Ballon in Montreal. Item is accompanied by the Ritz Carlton Montreal envelope in which Ballon received the letter.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

John Bassett : [autographed photograph]

John Bassett : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1956

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ernest Ansermet : [autographed photograph]

Ernest Ansermet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 12
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Schuman : [autographed photograph]

William Schuman : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 13
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 14
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a portrait of President Taft of the United States (1909-1913) with an inscription below to D.H. Ballon (Dr. David H. Ballon) of Montreal and his sister, Ellen Ballon.

Douglas Clarke, Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James, and unknown man : [photograph]

Douglas Clarke, Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James, and unknown man : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 15
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Douglas Clarke (Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University from 1930 to 1955), Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James (Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962), and an unknown man, standing in front of three microphones for radio stations: CKVL, CFCF, and CKAC. The photograph may have been taken at one of the concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Frank Cyril James : [autographed photograph]

Frank Cyril James : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 16
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Frank Cyril James (Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962), standing in front of three microphones for radio stations: CKVL, CFCF, and CKAC. The photograph may have been taken at one of the concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

John Finley : [autographed photograph]

John Finley : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 17
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Elizabeth Lyon Bowes : [photograph]

Elizabeth Lyon Bowes : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 18
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II's mother, Elizabeth Lyon Bowes, at the Jubilee celebrations in 1958.

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 19
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Leonard Bernstein : [autographed photograph]

Leonard Bernstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1934

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon : [photograph]

Ellen Ballon : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 20
File
[193-? - 195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon at a grand piano.

Alberto Erede : [autographed photograph]

Alberto Erede : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Olin Downes : [autographed photograph]

Olin Downes : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos : [photograph]

Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 5
File
[1945 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos seated at a restaurant. The photograph is signed by Ellen Ballon and Mario Cortez(?).

Lotte Lehmann : [autographed photograph]

Lotte Lehmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 6
File
1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 7
File
[1940 - 1965]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sir Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

Sir Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Jacob Epstein : [autographed photograph]

Jacob Epstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 9
File
[194-? - 195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein standing beside one of his sculptures.

Two piano pieces

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains copies of the manuscripts for two untitled pieces by George Barati (born Gyorgy Braunstein), written at the MacDowell Colony between June 19 and June 22, 1948. The first composition is dedicated to his wife, Ruth.

Barati, George

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 11
File
[1941]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a manuscript for Alexander Brott's piano suite, which includes "Sacrilege," "Remorse," and "Conviction."

Brott, Alexander

Concerto para piano e orquestra : segundo violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains seven first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo flautas

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the first and second flute parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : piccolo, primiero e segundo oboes

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the piccolo and oboe parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The piccolo part was copied by Henrique Martins and the oboe parts were copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto for piano and orchestra : [performance guidelines]

Concerto for piano and orchestra : [performance guidelines]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 3
File
[1948]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes liner notes, recording timing notes, and notes for corrections to the score, all for the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto. The liner notes were written by Ralph Gustafson, a friend of Villa-Lobos and Ellen Ballon, to whom the concerto is dedicated and who performed the concerto for its recording in 1948. The concerto was written in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. The file includes directions for transcribing Villa-Lobos' piano concerto from the records of its American premiere in Dallas, Texas with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : cellos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains five cello parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

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