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Polonaise, Op. 71, no. 2 : [piano score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
1828

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Polonaise, Op. 71, no. 3 : [piano score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
1828

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ronde pour orchestre : reduction pour piano

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 13
Item
1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a piano arrangement of one of the folk songs from "Huits Chants Populaires pour Orchestre" by Anatoly Lyadov (also spelled Liadov), which was originally written in 1905. The score is dated August 15, 1916 at San Sebastien and accompanied by a note from Scribner's publishing house that the score is an original manuscript of the composer's arrangement for pianoforte solo. However, Liadov died August 28, 1914. The publisher's note also indicates that it was previously part of the collection of Serge Diaghileff (Diaghilev).

Lyadov, Anatoly

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

Concerto para piano e orquestra : parte de piano

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 5
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an autographed manuscript of the piano part for Heitor Villa Lobos's first piano concerto. File also contains a copy of the autographed manuscript.

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.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo oboes

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the first and second oboe parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede

Concerto para piano e orquestra : clarinete baixo

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the bass clarinet part for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero e segundo Fa horns

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the first and second French horn parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the second French horn players.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : terceiro e quarto Fa horns

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of two copies of the third and fourth French Horn parts for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Henrique Martins. This part was used by the fourth French horn players.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : premiero e segundo oboes

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the first and second oboe parts of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : celesta

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the celesta part for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede. The instrumentation has been crossed out in pencil and re-labelled "harpa" (harp).

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 3
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of eight first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 4
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of eight first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 5
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of eight first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of eight first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : segundo violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of seven first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : segundo violinos

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 14, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of seven first violin parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : violas

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of six viola parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : cellos

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of five cello parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : cellos

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is one of five cello parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

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.

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 Charles-Francois Gounod

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
January 18, 1847

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
March 23, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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 Franz Liszt

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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.

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

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

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 13
Item
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Envelope from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 16
Item
December 31, 1948

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

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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 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.

Deuxième impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 11
Item
1838-1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first edition of Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu pour le Piano Forte, Op. 36, published in 1840 by Breitkopf & Hartel.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : [piano part]

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
January 25, 1861

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the piano part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. The piano part includes cues for the orchestral instruments.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : flauto

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the flute part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : corno secondo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the second horn part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. It is printed on the same piece of paper as the first horn part.

Csárdás no. 2

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 1
Item
1909

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Joseffy's composition, dedicated to his friend Moriz Rosenthal, and inscribed to Ellen Ballon. File includes a copy of handwritten piano scale exercises, presumably by Joseffy for Ballon.

Joseffy, Rafael

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.

Konzert etüde, op. 22 no. 1

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 11
Item
[1916-1925]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the original score inscribed to Ellen Ballon by Alberto Jonas. Ballon was one of Jonás' students in New York from c. 1916 until 1925.

Jonàs, Alberto

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

Concerto para piano e orquestra : [autograph manuscript]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the bound manuscript of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : primiero flautas

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains the first and second flute parts for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. This part was used by the first flautists. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

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