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Letters from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

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

Letters from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

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

McGill and its music : centennial concert : [program]

File contains a program for a centennial concert celebration at McGill University, featuring the McGill Symphony Orchestra and John McKay on piano.
Ellen Ballon is cited in the introduction as one of McGill's notable graduates.

Mozart as an eight year old composer : Wolfgang's notebook

File contains a book of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano compositions from his notebook, dated 1764, published with critical remarks for the first time by Dr. Georg Schünermann. The book is inscribed to Ellen Ballon from her "dear friend," Franz Darvas.

New music for the piano

File contains a book of "New Music for the Piano" selected by Joseph Prostakoff and inscribed by him to Ellen Ballon.

Newspaper clipping concerning contemporary music

File contains a clipping of an article by Philip Cook from the Montreal Daily Star entitled "Contemporary Music is not Given a Chance." The article includes mention of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos' Piano Concerto No. 1.

Newspaper clippings concerning concerts and other topics

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.

No. 5 des six grands concertos pour le Piano-Forté

File contains a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, including the solo piano part and parts for each orchestral instrument (violins, horn, viola, cello, double bass, bassoon, flute, clarinet). The edition was published by J. André of Offenbach.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach

File contains a copy of the 1906 publication of Anna Magdalena's 1725 Notebook with various short piano compositions, edited by Dr. Richard Batka. The book is inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Clara Lichtenstein, her teacher at McGill Conservatorium of Music, and dated April 7, 1910 in Montreal.

Photograph of a medal awarded to Ellen Ballon

File contains two photographs that show the front and back sides of a medal awarded to Ellen Ballon by President William Howard Taft of the United States of America and his wife. The medal is inscribed with "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one).
Photograph of The Three Bares sculpture at McGill University

Photograph of The Three Bares sculpture at McGill University

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.

Piano suite

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

Brott, Alexander

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

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

Programs and posters for concerts by Ellen Ballon

File contains a program for The Town Hall concert series in New York where Ellen Ballon performed February 13, 1943; a program from the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Izler Solomon, with whom Ballon performed March 20, 1944; and a poster advertising Ellen Ballon, by her personal representative, Andrew Schulhof.

Publicity photographs of Ellen Ballon

File contains publicity photographs of Ellen Ballon. Most are portraits, but some feature her playing the piano, participating in World War II support activities, at ceremonies, at concerts, and at receptions. Most of the photographs are undated but seem to span the entirety of her adult life. The last photograph in the album is of Ballon receiving her honorary doctorate from McGill University in 1954.

Quarter notes : volume 9, number 3

File contains an issue of Quarter notes magazine (volume 9 number 3) published in 1946 by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Issue includes a biography of Ellen Ballon by Myrtle Fish Thompson.
Raoul Pugno : [autographed photograph]

Raoul Pugno : [autographed photograph]

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.

School of octave-playing for the pianoforte : book three

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

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