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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

Harmony workbooks

File contains eleven harmony workbooks used by Ellen Ballon, including notes and exercises. Two books are labelled "Mr. Goldmark Harmony Book," in reference to her harmony teacher in New York, Rubin Goldmark. Another book includes an inserted repertoire list of piano compositions, composers, and times, presumably related to her piano lessons with Rafael Joseffy.

Ellen Ballon's first harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises handwritten in pencil.

Mr. Goldmark harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises handwritten in pencil.

Mr. Goldmark harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil.

Ellen Ballon's harmony workbook

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil.

Ellen Ballon harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil.

Ellen Ballon's harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil. "Mr. Goldmark" is written inside the front cover of the notebook.

Ellen Ballon harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil.

Ellen Ballon's workbook

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains some theory and sale exercises at the beginning of the notebook, but is largely empty. The last page includes a rough repertoire list.

Ellen Ballon's harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil with corrections in blue and brown pencil crayon. There are two pages inserted into the workbook containing repertoire lists.

Ellen Ballon harmony

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil with some corrections in pencil crayon. The first page of the notebook is dated March 23, 1911.

Ellen Ballon harmony book

Item is a music notebook kept by Ellen Ballon during her childhood. The notebook contains harmony exercises and notes handwritten in pencil.

Letters from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

File contains letters to Ellen Ballon from William Somerset Maugham concerning gifts, performances, visits, friends, and books. Some of the letters are also addressed to Sally "Tammie" Ryan and Ralph Gustafson.

Somerset Maugham, William

Transcribed letter from Richard Wagner to his publisher

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 William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

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.
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