Archives Catalogue

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
October 26, 1952

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
November 21, 1842

Item contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, addressing the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Letter from Gustav Mahler

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 4
Item
September 24, 1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Mahler, Gustav

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
September 9, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on September 9, 1947. The letter details some potential performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions and his desire to have Ballon perform his music. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
July 26, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on July 26, 1947. The letter details Villa-Lobos itinerary on a European tour and comments on Ballon's performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. One French postage stamp is affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
December 17, 1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on December 17, 1946. The letter acknowledges a letter Ballon wrote on December 5, 1946 and asks if Ballon performed the world premier of Villa-Lobos's first piano concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
June 2, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed letter from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on June 2, 1947. Villa-Lobos acknowledges a May 15, 1946 letter from Ballon and provides some information on his compositions, including Caixinha de Boas Festas, the 2nd Suite do Descobrimento do Brasil, and Danses Africaines. The letter refers to Marks Co. as "the true thieves of my musics." Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. Two Brazilian postage stamps are affixed to the envelope.

Letter from Jacques Offenbach

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
October 24, 1879

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Offenbach, Jacques

Letter from Josef Hofmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Josef Hoffman granting Ellen Ballon permission to use his name in a scholarship. Hofmann was Ballon's teacher from 1914-1916 in Switzerland.

Hofmann, Josef

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
November 1, 1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Lotte Lehmann to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a brief thank-you note for flowers received.

Lehmann, Charlotte

Letter from Major John White Hughes Bassett to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a citation of a poem by Robbie Burns, signed by John Bassett, the president and managing director of the Montreal Gazette.

Bassett, John White Hughes

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
September 21, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Mary Goldie, Princess Alice's private secretary, asking Ellen Ballon to forward an enclosed letter to Frank Cyril James in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Letter from Maurice Ravel

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
December 13, 1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ravel, Maurice

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
February 20, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
November 29, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 8
Item
November 21, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 9
Item
December 26, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 12
Item
November 28, 1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
April 6, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 6
Item
January 20, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 10
Item
November 24, 1913

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
March 18, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 5
Item
November 21, 1911

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 11
Item
November 26, 1914

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 7
File
September 30, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Walter de Mouilpied to Ellen Ballon, written on September 30, 1952. The letter thanks Ballon for a performance she gave at an honorary dinner. Item is accompanied by the stamped envelope in which Ballon received the letter. The postage stamp has been removed from the envelope.

Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied

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

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 20
Item
February 11, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a note from William "Willie" Somerset Maugham written to Ellen Ballon on the reverse side of an advertisement for three recitals in New York (April 4, 11, 25, 1945) performed by Ellen Ballon and recorded by the radio station WNYC.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 10
Item
October 22, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 12
Item
December 22, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 15
Item
January 6, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
November 19, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 5
Item
December 28, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 11
Item
November 25, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
October 9, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 8
Item
May 22, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 19
Item
August 2, 1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon and Sally Ryan

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 14
Item
March 8, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon and Sally Ryan

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 9
Item
October 16, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ryan Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 17
Item
January 25, 1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ryan Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 18
Item
January 26, 1950

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ralph Gustafson, Sally Ryan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
May 30, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Sally Ryan and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
June 13, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 9
File
December 2, 1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Ellon Ballon written on December 2, 1957. The letter concerns a performance by Ellen Ballon in Montreal. Item is accompanied by the Ritz Carlton Montreal envelope in which Ballon received the letter.

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

Marche funèbre, Op. 35 : exécutée aux funérailles de l'auteur

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 10
Item
1837-1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the first separate edition of Marche funèbre from Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor. The separated third movement was played as Chopin's body was conveyed to the mausoleum on October 30, 1849, and was subsequently released as a separate publication, using the original plates (891) by Troupenas. The file includes a folder and brief description of the work from Scribner.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Märchen (Ritterzug), Op. 14, no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 9
Item
1905-1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the second tale in Medtner's Two Tales, Op. 14, for piano. It was published by P. Jurgenson and distributed in Leipzig by Robert Forberg in 1907 and includes an inscription to Ellen Ballon from Alfred La Liberté.

Medtner, Nikolay