Archives Catalogue

Virgil Thomson : [autographed photograph]

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

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

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.

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.

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

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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.

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.

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.

Guia prático : [for piano]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 13
File
1932

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

In the forest : four piano compositions, Op. 12

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6
File
1909

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Goldmark, Rubin

Two compositions for the pianoforte, Op. 10

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 4
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two pieces by Sydney C. Dalton: "Yearning" (dedicated to Cecil) and "Valse Arabesque." They were published by Arthur P. Schmidt in 1906.

Dalton, Sydney C.

Arthur Rubenstein in New York : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 3
File
July 15, 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young Arthur Rubenstein with a German inscription signed by Rubenstein below.

Suite

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 13
File
[before 1952]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File is a manuscript with three numbered pieces by Alfred La Liberté: "Pensée Tendre" (D-flat Major), dedicated to Katherine Sneed; "Prière (Choral)" (D Major), dedicated to Marcel Dupré; and "Dance-Song" (b minor).

La Liberté, Alfred

Photograph of a medal awarded to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 9
File
1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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).

Publicity photographs of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8
File
[192-? - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 4
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Norman Dello Joio : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 35
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the American composer, Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Hugh Ross : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 34
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Hugh Ross(?), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Harold Bauer : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 32
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the English pianist Harold Bauer.

Programs and posters for concerts by Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 3
File
1942-1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Rafael Joseffy and family : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 29
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Hungarian pianist Rafael Joseffy and his family.

Dr. Charles F. Martin : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 25
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Dean of Medicine at McGill University, Dr. Charles F. Martin.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with a piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 23
File
[1930 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon posing with a piano.

Karsh, Yousuf

Heitor Villa Lobos and Arminda Villa Lobos in New York

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 21
File
May 12, 1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains photograph of Arminda and Heitor Villa Lobos, signed by Villa Lobos with dialogue between the two people pictured written in French.

Sketch of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 20
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a sketch of Ellen Ballon by Kathleen Shackleton, completed in Montreal.

The Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra concert fliers

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 2
File
March 5, 1942

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two fliers for Ellen Ballon's concert with The Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ethel Stark.

Sketch of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an original sketch of Ellen Ballon by Kathleen Shackleton, completed in Montreal.

Sydney Dalton : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ada L. Richardson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 11
File
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ada L. Richardson who taught Ellen Ballon.

Unidentified group of people including Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 10
File
[195-? - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a group of people congregated in someone's home in front of a piano. "Helmut Blume" is inscribed on the reverse side of the photograph in pencil. Helmut Blume taught piano at McGill University from 1946 and became dean of the Faculty of Music in 1964.

United States Military Academy Band concert program

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 1
File
January 26, 1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

La societe des concert symphoniques de Montreal : Heitor Villa-Lobos : [program]

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 9
File
1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an annotated flyer. Ellen Ballon is mentioned in the biographical note on Heitor Villa-Lobos.

McGill and its music : centennial concert : [program]

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 7
File
November 3, 1967

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Correspondence and certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1960

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains correspondence and a certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University regarding the proceeds from the Martlet Concert and Ball as well as Ellen Ballon's general support of the McGill music program.

Correspondence and certificate from the Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains correspondence and a certificate regarding the honorary Doctor of Music awarded to Ellen Ballon in 1954.

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