Archives Catalogue

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

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.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : clarinetto primo in A

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 7
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : viole

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

No. 5 des six grands concertos pour le Piano-Forté

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2
File
1845

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, including the solo piano part and parts for each orchestral instrument (violins, horn, viola, cello, double bass, bassoon, flute, clarinet). The edition was published by J. André of Offenbach.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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

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

Impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 8
Item
1837

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first-edition publication of Chopin's first Impromptu, published by Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, a subsidiary company to A.M. Schlesinger of Berlin. The composition was dedicated to Caroline de Lobau.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : violino primo

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 10
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : fagotto primo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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 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.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : clarinetto secondo in A

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 8
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : basso e violoncello

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the double bass and viola part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

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

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 11
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the first 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 second horn part.

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

L'oiseau de feu : contre dansé en 2 tableaux : [piano arrangement]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 17
Item
1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the first edition of Igor Stravinsky's piano arrangement of his ballet, "The Firebird." The ballet was written for the Ballets Russes in Paris, under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev. The piano arrangement was published shortly after the premiere performance on June 25, 1910 at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra.

Stravinsky, Igor

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 : [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.

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

Newspaper article on Sir Jacob Epstein's bust of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 20
File
1965

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains two copies of the article.

Press books and scrapbooks

Series
1904 - 1951

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Series contains various biographical sketches intended for press releases, as well as scrapbooks of press releases about Ellen Ballon and her performances.

Ellen Ballon fonds

MS-5-2
Fonds
1725-1972, predominantly 1898-1972

Fonds contains correspondence, musical scores (piano and orchestral), photographs, a sketch, harmony notebooks, fliers, programs, newspaper clippings, academic journals, a press book, scrapbooks, and letters of composers. The musical scores include several first edition copies and autograph manuscripts. All personal correspondence is incoming correspondence; no outgoing correspondence is included in this fonds.

Ballon, Ellen

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 1
Item
February 20, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letters from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1910-1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains letters from the Canadian Prime Minister to Ellen Ballon, primarily concerning the progress of her musical education and her performances.

Laurier, Wilfrid, Sir

Concerto for piano and orchestra : second movement and cadenza : orchestral score

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

item is a copy of the second movement and the cadenza portions of Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : drums

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 14
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the percussion part from a piano concerto written by Heitor Villa-Lobos and dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Henrique Martins.

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 : tuba

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 11
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Concerto para piano e orquestra : trianguolo, tam-tam, etc.

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 15
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the percussion part from Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The part was copied by Fran Averede.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : timpanios

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 13
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Concerto para piano e orquestra : contra fagote

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 6
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the contra bassoon part for Heitor Villa Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. This part was copied by Henrique Martins.

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 : chifre Inglêz

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the English Horn part for Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon. The parts were copied by Fran Averede.

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 : 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 para piano e orquestra : [manuscript copy]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a complete orchestral score of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon of New York.

Concerto para piano e orquestra : [manuscript copy]

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a complete orchestral score of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto, dedicated to Ellen Ballon of New York.

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.

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

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).

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 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 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.

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

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

Serenade from "Don Juan" : [arranged for piano]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 30
Item
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is Backhaus' arrangement of the serenade from Mozart's opera, "Don Juan," autographed by the arranger.

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