Ellen Ballon fonds. 1844-1972.

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Ellen Ballon fonds. 1844-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229205721

This collection contains correspondence, musical scores (piano and orchestral), photographs, a sketch, harmony notebooks, fliers, programs, newspaper clippings, academic journals, a press book, and letters of composers. The musical scores include several first edition copies and/or autographed copies. Please note that all personal correspondence is incoming correspondence; no outgoing correspondence is included in this collection.

Approx. 90 cm of textual records.

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7089148

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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Ellen Ballon was born on October 6, 1898 in Montreal of Jewish Lithuanian immigrant parents. She started taking piano lessons at an early age, beginning her studies at the Conservatorium at McGill under Clara Lichtenstein, a former student of Liszt, in March 1904. She gave her first concert appearance at the age of five. In 1906 she moved to New York to study piano with Rafael Joseffy and harmony with Rubin Goldmark. She performed for Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurier in New York (1909) and made her ...