File contains two autographed photographs of Joseph F. Sheehan, an American tenor with the Boston English Opera Company, both addressed to Dr. J.D. Logan.
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.
File contains two copies of the program, which featured Ellen Ballon as a guest pianist with the United States Military Academy Band, conducted by Captain Francis E. Resta.
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.
File contains various photographs belonging to Joyce Barkhouse depicting her family, friends, and travels. These include trips to Barbados, Florida, Ontario, Toronto, Lunenberg, Yarmouth, Harbourville, and the Prince George Hotel in Halifax, as well as Barkhouse's 75th birthday party.
Item is a photograph of a group of American sailors eating food in front of the New York City Department of Marine and Aviation office. A flock of pigeons is in the foreground. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of a group of people next to a large American flag at a flagpole in San Francisco, California. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of a rural street in an unidentified location. Two tricycles and a wagon are on the sidewalk in the foreground and two people are walking on the sidewalk in the background. A black dog is also seen in the street. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of a parade in San Francisco, California. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of a parade in San Francisco, California. A man is standing on a float holding a life-sized puppet and dancers are walking behind the float. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of three people sitting in a courtyard in San Francisco, California. A man and a woman are embracing while another woman is reading a book. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of passengers on a ferry boat in San Francisco, California. A man and woman are embracing in the foreground. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a photograph of a residential street in San Francisco, California. Shadows from the telephone lines can be seen wrapping around the terrain in front of each house. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.
Item is a videocassette created by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and used in the curriculum of the Dalhousie School of Medicine. The tape was requested by Ed Belzer for a sex course.
File contains copies of each of the four compositions: "Titania's Waltz"'; "Weeping Willows"; "In the Rushes"; and "Soughing Pines." The work was dedicated to Paolo Gallico (1868–1955). Each piece bears an inscription to Ellen Ballon, Goldmark's student in 1909. The pieces were published by the Oliver Ditson Company in Boston in 1908.
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.
File includes the second, third, fourth, fifth and tenth albums, dedicated to Julieta d'Almeida Strutt, Arnaldo Estrella, Magdalena Tagliaferro, Tomas Teran, and Ellen Ballon. The albums are copies of handwritten scores completed in New York and Rio between 1948 and 1949.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item is one of 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. This part was used by the third French horn players.
Item is one of 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. This part was used by the fourth French horn players.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a copy of a manuscript composition by Alan Hovhaness, inscribed to Ellen Ballon. The composition is based on an Armenian folktale and is comprised of two movements, each of which imitates Armenian instruments (tmpoog for the first movement and the kanoon and oud in the second movement).
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