Archives Catalogue

Yearning, Op. 10, no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano composition dedicated to "Cecil."

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 7
File
[1940 - 1965]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 19
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Schuman : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 14
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a portrait of President Taft of the United States (1909-1913) with an inscription below to D.H. Ballon (Dr. David H. Ballon) of Montreal and his sister, Ellen Ballon.

Wilhelm Backhaus : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Weeping willows, Op. 12, no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the second piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme : [arrangement for two pianos]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 31
Item
1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an arrangement of Bach's cantata, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," arranged for two pianos by W. Gillies Whittaker. It is inscribed to Ellen Ballon by "Ralph" (likely Ralph Gustafson).

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."

Villa-Lobos Exhibition : [program]

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 8
File
1964

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the program for an exhibition creation by the Cultural Section of the Brazilian Embassy in London (February 19-March 12, 1964). The program includes lists of exhibited items donated by Ellen Ballon.

Variationen uber ein Kinderlied für grosses orchester mit konzertantem klavier, op. 25 : klavier

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 5
Item
1914

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the piano part of the 1922 edition of Ernst von Dohnanyi's composition, published by N. Simrock.

Dohnányi, Ernő

Valse Arabesque, Op. 10, no. 2

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a piano composition dedicated to "Cecil."

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.

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.

Two songs with music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1935

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two songs arranged by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell, "Dear Old London" (1926) and "Keep on Hopin'" (1915). Both scores are inscribed by the arranger.

Two piano pieces

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1948

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Barati, George

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.

Troisieme scherzo pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 7
Item
1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first edition publication of Chopin's third Scherzo for piano.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Trois Polonaises, Op. 71 : [piano scores]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12
File
1827-1829

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains each of the three Op. 71 polonaises by Frédéric Chopin, published posthumously under the guidance of Julian Fontana. Each Polonaise includes a note from Fontana regarding their publication (dated May 1855, in Paris).

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Trois mazourkas pour le piano

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Transcription of a letter from Franz Liszt

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a typed transcription of 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.

Transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to J.H. Kufferath

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 4
Item
April 5, 1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn to the Johann Hermann Kufferath, the music director in Utrecht. The letter is translated to English from German.

Transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to J.H. Kufferath

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 3
Item
April 5, 1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn to the Johann Hermann Kufferath, the music director in Utrecht.

Transcribed letter from Richard Wagner to his publisher

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 21
Item
[c. 1944 - 1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a transcription to English of the twenty-eighth paragraph in a letter that Richard Wagner wrote to his publisher in 1872. This transcription was presumably sent by William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon with a letter.

Toti Dal Monte : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 26
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Italian soprano Toti Dal Monte (1893-1975), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Titania's waltz, Op. 12, no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the first piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Three piano pieces by Elinor Remick Warren

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 28
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes correspondence from Elinor Remick Warren. The scores are: "Sea Rhapsody for Piano" (1946); "The Fountain" (1934); and "Dark Hills" (1946).

Remick Warren, Elinor

Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

The willows are new (after Wang Wei's Yang Kuan) : piano solo

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 7
Item
1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photostat copy of Chou Wen-Chung's composition, based on "Yang Kuan," a composition for ch'in attributed to Wang Wei (689-759). The work for solo piano was sent to Ellen Ballon by the New York publishers, C.F. Peters, with an accompanying letter that indicated that the composition was undergoing publication.

Chou Wen-Chung

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.

The star spangled banner : piano version

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 29
Item
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano arrangement of the American national anthem, inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Josef Hofmann in 1953.

Hofmann, Josef

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.

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.

The Jamaica national anthem

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 19
Item
[1962?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano score for the Jamaican national anthem, "Jamaica, Land We Love," adopted in 1962.

The fountain

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 28, Item 2
Item
1934

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Terceiro concerto de piano e orquestra : redução para dois pianos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 4
Item
1956

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Telegram from Isidore Ballon to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[19--?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a telegram sent to Ellen Ballon concerning money.

Telegram from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 6
Item
December 20, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a Western Union telegram sent from Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon on December 20, 1952.

Villa-Lobos, Arminda

Sydney Dalton : [autographed photograph]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sun shower

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 1
Item
[19--]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano composition by Bernard Rothman dedicated to "Miss Ellen Ballon." The score is a copy of a manuscript.

Rothman, Bernard

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

Soughing pines, Op. 12, no. 4

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the fourth piece in Rubin Goldmark's composition "In the Forest: Four Piano Compositions." This piece is dedicated to Paolo Gallico.

Song hits of the 30's : a collection of familiar hits

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 35
File
[1953]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a book of popular songs from the 1930's arranged for piano and voice with guitar chords indicated.

Sonate pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 10
Item
1844

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first edition publication of Chopin's third piano sonata, published by Breitkopf and Hartel and dedicated to Countess Emilie de Perthuis.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Sonata for piano

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 1
Item
1956-1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an unsolicited manuscript reproduction of a piano sonata by David Willens, sent to Ellen Ballon by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Music on December 18, 1959. File includes a letter from the Society to Ellen Ballon. The composition was "dedicated to the memory of Alexander Guroff."

Willens, David

Sketch of Ellen Ballon