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Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 7
File
1945 - 1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 6
File
1939 - 1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 5
File
1935 - 1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 4
File
1933 - 1939

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 3
File
1927 - 1933

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 2
File
1924 - 1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Ellen Ballon : [scrapbook]

MS-5-2, Volume 1
File
1904 - 1924

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles, programs, and photographs on Ellen Ballon.

Sally Ryan : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Dimitri Mitropoulos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 7
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Virgil Thomson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American composer Virgil Thomson, addressed to Ellen Ballon, "my doctor and friend."

Ernest MacMillan : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of a performance with Ellen Ballon of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Antal Dorati : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Antal Dorati, the conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of the United States' premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Izler Solomon : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Colonel Victor Cazalet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

The three graces by Whitney Gertrude : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 11
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the sculpture "The Three Graces" by Gertrude Whitney. The sculpture was installed at McGill University in 1931.

Aaron Copland : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 10
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Wilfrid Pelletier : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1933

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Canadian conductor, (Joseph Louis) Wilfrid Pelletier.

Rubin Goldmark : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 9
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Group photograph including Dr. David Thomson, Samuel Bronfman, Mrs. Bronfman, Sir Ernest MacMillan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 8
File
[1950 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

The McGill News : Ellen Ballon and Pauline Donalda receiving honorary doctorates from McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a framed reproduction of the front cover of The McGill News (Winter 1954), featuring Ellen Ballon and the Canadian operatic soprano Pauline Donalda receiving their honorary doctorates. The photograph is in black and white but the banner for the magazine is in colour.

Lotte Lehmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 6
File
[1940 - 1972]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Frieder Weissmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 5
File
1873

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American conductor Frieder Weissmann standing with a horse.

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed postcard photograph of Arthur Rubinstein with some handwritten music on the back, signed during his American tour in New York on May 18, 1873.

Abram Chasins : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 3
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

School of octave-playing for the pianoforte : book three

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 23
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano technique book used and annotated by Ellen Ballon. It is the third book in a set of three, dedicated to Rafael Joseffy. It includes studies by composers from Ludwig van Beethoven until the book's publication.

Philipp, Isidor

School of advanced piano playing : exercises

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 22
File
1902

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano technique book used and annotated by Ellen Ballon, presumably while studying with Rafael Joseffy.

Joseffy, Rafael

Pianoscript book : an invaluable aid to teacher and student in preserving important advice and lesson notes in permanent form

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 21
File
1918

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano technique book used by Ellen Ballon while she was studying with Alberto Jonas in New York. Each page includes printed technical excercises and blank staff lines with some additions handwritten in pencil, presumably by Jonas or Ballon. The book includes a repertoire list of pieces Ballon performed in 1918-1919.

Jonàs, Alberto

Ellen Ballon with unknown woman at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Charles Harriss : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1899 - 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Adele aus der Ohe : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 18
File
[1900 - 1937]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a publicity photograph of the German pianist Adele aus der Ohe for a performance at Windsor Hall.

Photograph of The Three Bares sculpture at McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 17
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of "The Three Bares" sculpture (also known as the "Friendship Fountain"), which was given to McGill University by its creator, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, as a show of goodwill between the United States and Canada. Ellen Ballon met Whitney while in New York and reportedly suggested the donation of the sculpture. It was presented to the university in 1931 by New York Times editor John Finley in 1931.

Ellen Ballon and Alicia Mahorn : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 16
File
[1950 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Camillien Houde, Pauline Donaldson, Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James, and two unidentified people at a press conference : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 15
File
[1950 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a press conference, presumably at McGill University, with microphones from CKAC and CKVL radio stations.

Maxwell Cohen, Fannie Hurst, Ellen Ballon, and Morton Gould : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 14
File
[1950 - 1968]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Lotte Lehmann, Dr. Ross Flemington, and Ellen Ballon at Mount Allison University : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 13
File
1962

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Lotte Lehmann and Ellen Ballon with Dr. Ross Flemington, president of Mount Allison University, following a concert in 1962.

Ellen Ballon and Sir William C. MacDonald : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 12
File
[1905 - 1910]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young Ellen Ballon with tobacco manufacturer and Canadian education philanthropist Sir William Christopher MacDonald.

Sir William C. MacDonald : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 11
File
[1900-1917]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Wilhelm Backhaus : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Douglas Clarke : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 1
File
[1930 - 1941]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the conductor of the Montreal Orchestra, Douglas Clarke.

Trois mazourkas pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 9
File
[1847]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a first edition copy of Chopin's Mazurkas, Op. 63, published by Breitkopf and Hartel. The compositions were dedicated to the Countess Laura Czosnowska.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 8
Item
1837

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first-edition publication of Chopin's first Impromptu, published by Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, a subsidiary company to A.M. Schlesinger of Berlin. The composition was dedicated to Caroline de Lobau.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

The willows are new (after Wang Wei's Yang Kuan) : piano solo

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 7
Item
1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photostat copy of Chou Wen-Chung's composition, based on "Yang Kuan," a composition for ch'in attributed to Wang Wei (689-759). The work for solo piano was sent to Ellen Ballon by the New York publishers, C.F. Peters, with an accompanying letter that indicated that the composition was undergoing publication.

Chou Wen-Chung

Raoul Pugno : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 6
File
January 16, 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the French pianist Raoul Pugno (1852-1915), addressed to Ellen Ballon. The photograph was taken by an indecipherable studio in New York.

La paimpolaise : chanson du pêcheurs d'Islande

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 5
Item
1895

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a vocal score with the melody and lyrics for "La Paimpolaise" by the French singer-songwriter Théodore Botrel (1868-1925). The score and lyrics were handwritten by L. Coyteux Preouèl(?) in Ottawa on April 29, 1908.

Botrel, Théodore

Alberto Jonás : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 4
File
1920

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Alberto Jonás, addressed to his "wonderfully talented pupil," Ellen Ballon.

Murial Dundas : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 3
File
April 25, 1925

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Muriel Dundas, personalized to Ellen Ballon. The photograph was taken at the Ira J. Hill Studio in New York.

Emma Albani : [autographed print]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph from the Montreal-based soprano, Emma Albani, addressed to Ellen Ballon.

Bachianas Brasilieras no. 3 : [conductor's score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 14
Item
1938

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of an autograph version of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3, including performance notes. The score was reproduced and bound by Independent Music Publishers of New York City.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

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