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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.

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
February 20, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 10
Item
November 24, 1913

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 11
Item
November 26, 1914

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 12
Item
November 28, 1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
March 18, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
April 6, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
November 29, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 5
Item
November 21, 1911

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 6
Item
January 20, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Envelope from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Envelope from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 7
Item
April 18, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 8
Item
November 21, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 9
Item
December 26, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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 Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
October 26, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
March 23, 1954

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

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.

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

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 10, Item 1
Item
June 19-22, 1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
June 21, 1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano score, originally dedicated to Rudolf Firkusny, but this dedications has been crossed out with blue pencil crayon.

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

Novellette : etude in seconds : op. 22, no. 1

Novellette : etude in seconds : op. 22, no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 12
Item
[1916-1925]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the manuscript for Alberto Jonàs' "Novelette" for piano, which he wrote for Ellen Ballon. Ballon was one of his students in New York from c. 1916 until 1925.

Jonàs, Alberto

Terceiro concerto de piano e orquestra : redução para dois pianos

Terceiro concerto de piano e orquestra : redução para dois pianos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 4
Item
1956

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an autograph manuscript of Heitor Villa-Lobos's reduction for two pianos of his Piano Concerto No. 3, completed in New York in 1956. The composition was commissioned by the Brazilian pianist Arnaldo Estrella.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero, segundo, terceiro, e quarto trombone

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the first and second trombone parts and one copy of the third and fourth trombone part 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 trombone

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo trombone

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second trombone parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede. This part was used by the first trombone players.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo trombone

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo trombone

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second trombone parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede. This part was used by the second trombone players.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : terceiro e quarto trombone

Concerto para piano e orquestra : terceiro e quarto trombone

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the third and fourth trombone parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : tuba

Concerto para piano e orquestra : tuba

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 11
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the tuba part for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Newspaper clippings concerning concerts and Ellen Ballon's recovery from her injury

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 18
File
1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes a sheet of caricatures drawn by Wilhelm Busch.

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules and advertisements

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 21
File
1955-1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes a clipping about Ellen Ballon's agent, Andrew Schulhof, and a ticket for a performance at Plateau Hall in Montreal featuring Ellen Ballon performing Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto with the CBC Symphony Orchestra.

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules and recitals

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 22
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes clippings about Ellen Ballon's collection of miniatures from the Good Housekeeping magazine.

Newspaper clippings concerning advertisements, media schedules, and recitals

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 23
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also includes a repertoire list for a piano performance by Ellen Ballon on BBC television.

Newspaper clippings concerning a visit by Villa-Lobos, radio schedules, and concerts

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 24
File
1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

These materials were originally filed with the programs located in (Box 4, Folder 14).

Newspaper clippings concerning radio schedules, recordings, and performances

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 25
File
1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File also contains newspaper clipping relating to Ellen Ballon's agent Andrew Schulhof and music in Montreal.

Newspaper clippings concerning the Prom concert

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 26
File
1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a newspaper article on Ballon's performance at the Prom concert series in London, England, and two pages of photocopied news articles on the same performance.

Newspaper clippings concerning concerts and other topics

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 27
File
1941-1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains newspaper clippings that mention Ellen Ballon. Topics range from concert reviews, her favourite recipes, lifestyle, the death of her mother (Charlotte Ballon, nee Klein), and her contributions during the Second World War. One of the articles reports on her premiere performance in Rio de Janeiro of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 28, Item 1
Item
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a composition for piano inspired by Walt Whitman's poem, "Songs for All Seas, All Ships."

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 28, Item 2
Item
1934

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 28, Item 3
Item
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a composition for piano inspired by Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "The Dark Hills."

The star spangled banner : piano version

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 29
Item
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano arrangement of the American national anthem, inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Josef Hofmann in 1953.

Hofmann, Josef

Quill dance : after an olden-time folk-song for quills

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 33
Item
1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano composition by Eugen Putnam, autographed by the composer.

Putnam, Eugen

Passacaglia : piano solo

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 36
Item
1961

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes a copy of Duchow's piano composition, accompanied by a note to Ellen Ballon from [Guanni?].

Duchow, Marvin

Concerto para piano e orquestra : clarinete baixo

Concerto para piano e orquestra : clarinete baixo

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the bass clarinet part for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 5
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the first and second bassoon parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second bassoon parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the first bassoonists.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo fagotes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second bassoon parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the second bassoonists.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : terceiro e quarto Fa horns

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 8
File
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the third and fourth French Horn parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins.

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