Archives Catalogue

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

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

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.

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.

Rubin Goldmark : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

God bless our Canada : A national anthem : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 58
File
1911

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for Edith J. Archibald's "God Bless Our Canada" and a manuscript version of the English lyrics for the anthem by Archibald. The song is written in F Major for four-voice chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and piano with lyrics in English and French.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Britain calls : [lyrics]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1914

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a newspaper clipping and letters to Edith J. Archibald concerning her song "Britain Calls," which was written for the Royal Canadian Regiment during World War One. The newspaper clipping includes the text, but not the music, of the song. The letters are from G.A. LeCain, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Commanding 25th Battalion; George Murray, Provincial Secretary; and Evelyn Starr, professional violinist of New York City. An inscription by Edith J. Archibald at the top of the letters reads, "This song, dedicated to the Royal Canadian Regt. has made their 'marchpost' and I am told by an officer of that Regt. that is was played and sung daily during the war. He himself said it had keeped [sic] the men when on the tramp, 'over many a weary mile.'"

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Mother's flag : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1910, 1921

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for a song by Paul Heinrich with words by Dr. Charles H. Baltzer (published in 1910). The front cover is autographed by Baltzer and a note on the last page indicates that it was sent from Baltzer of Middleton, Nova Scotia. The file also includes 7 poems by Baltzer (not set to music): "Charity," "Apostrophe to the Sun," "The Tree," "To Next Summer,""A Bachelor's Lament,""Frost Ere Roses," and "Greed." Some of the poems are from newspaper clippings and others indicate that they were published in the Halifax Chronicle and the Halifax Herald.

Song of the Maritimes : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 60
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for a piece for solo voice and piano accompaniment in C Major with words by Neil Herman of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and music by Forsyth de Fronsac of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The sheet music was self-published by Herman and Fronsac. The file also includes a note to Dr. Logan from "W.H.D." to review the sheet music enclosed.

Wilhelm Backhaus : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Wilhelm Backhaus to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Wilhelm Backhaus concerning his and Ellen Ballon's performances, written while Backhaus was performing in New Zealand.

Backhaus, Wilhelm

Leonard Bernstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1934

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.

Izler Solomon : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Concerto for piano and orchestra : [performance guidelines]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 3
File
[1948]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes liner notes, recording timing notes, and notes for corrections to the score, all for the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto. The liner notes were written by Ralph Gustafson, a friend of Villa-Lobos and Ellen Ballon, to whom the concerto is dedicated and who performed the concerto for its recording in 1948. The concerto was written in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. The file includes directions for transcribing Villa-Lobos' piano concerto from the records of its American premiere in Dallas, Texas with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati.

Ernest Ansermet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 12
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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.

Josef Hofmann with Anton H. at piano

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young boy, "Anton H.," playing the piano, helped by his teacher, Josef Hoffman. The photograph was taken in 1930 by Albert Peterson.

Olin Downes : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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.

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."

Alberto Erede : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Schuman : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 13
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Dimitri Mitropoulos : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Lotte Lehmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 6
File
1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Aaron Copland : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Abram Chasins : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sir Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 5
File
[1945 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos seated at a restaurant. The photograph is signed by Ellen Ballon and Mario Cortez(?).

Recording of an interview with Beatles fans before a concert

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 3
File
March 29, 1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing several different people in the United Kingdom about the Beatles. Hinds interviews two unidentified men, and a third man named Mr. Taylor about the success of the Beatles. Hinds also interviews a group of young women who are waiting before a Beatles concert.

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.

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

Lotte Lehmann : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Flyer for concerts at the Grawood and McInnes Room

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1993

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a flyer for concerts at the Grawood and the McInnes Room in the Student union Building at Dalhousie University.

Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Truro Cantabile Singers and Breton Chamber Choir : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 13
File
November 27, 1993

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains three copies of a poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers' performance of Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, with the Truro Cantabile Singers and the Breton Chamber Choir. The concert was part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Fifth anniversary gala concert : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 16
File
April 9, 1994

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File consists of a poster for the world premiere of Scott Macmillan's "The Three that Seek My Heart," performed by the Halifax Camerata Singers as part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Tenth anniversary gala concert with Wayne Riddell : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 12
File
November 16, 1996

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains five copies of the poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers concert with guest conductor Wayne Riddell. The concert took place at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Songs of heaven and earth : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 11
File
November 8, 1997

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a Halifax Camerata Singers' concert at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

J.S. Bach's B minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 15
File
February 7, 1998

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers' performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's B Minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers. The concert was part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series and was held at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Chant and beyond : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 10
File
April 25, 1998

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains three copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In remembrance : a program of commemorative music and readings : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 14
File
November 13, 1999

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The concert accompanied a special exhibition of drawings by prisoners of the Terezin Concentration Camp.

Cantate : a Baroque Christmas : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 25
File
December 2, 2000

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sing a new song with the First Baptist Girls' Choir of Truro : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 27
File
May 4, 2001 - May 6, 2001

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a series of three concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the First Baptist Girls' Choir at Trinity St. Stephen's Church in Amherst, Nova Scotia (May 4, 2001); St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax Nova Scotia (May 5, 2001); and the First Baptist Church in Truro, Nova Scotia (May 6, 2001).

Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 26
File
March 3, 2001

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a performance by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Musique Saint Bernard 2002 performance series : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 19
File
June 2, 2002

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for the Musique Saint Bernard concert series, held in Saint-Bernard, Nova Scotia. The series included a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers on June 2, 2002, as well as The Three Sopranos (Sung-Ha Shin-Bouey, Paula Rockwell, and Sally Dibblee) on June 16, 2002; Patricia Creigton (flute) and Peter Allen (piano) on June 23, 2002; The Canadian Chamber Choir directed by Iwan Edwards on August 11, 2002; Novus on September 8, 2002; David MacDonald (organ) on September 15, 2002; and Symphony Nova Scotia with Lara St. John on September 22, 2002.

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