Archives Catalogue

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.

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 : 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 : 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.

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 : 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 : 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.

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 : 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 : 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.

Polonaise, Op. 71, no. 1 : [piano score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
1827

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Edward Deorient

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 1
Item
January 28, 1834

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Professor Hildebrand

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
April 18, 1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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

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 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.

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

Autograph and musical incipits by Ignaz Moscheles

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 2
Item
October 3, 1844

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item includes the incipits of three pieces by Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), signed at dated October 3, 1844.

Moscheles, Ignaz

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

Letter from Charles-Francois Gounod

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

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 Jacques Offenbach

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Offenbach, Jacques

Letter from Charles-Francois Gounod

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
June 10, 1885

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Postcard featuring Pietro Mascagni and signed by various musicians

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 1
Item
[c. 1890 - 1920]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a postcard with a black and white photograph of Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), an Italian opera composer. The postcard has various signatures on the front, including Francesco Marconi (1855-1916, operatic tenor from Rome) and four other illegible signatures. The postcard is addressed to Frau Dr. Lehnsern(?) of Berlin.

Mascagni, Pietro

Postcard from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 1
Item
[c. 1898]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a cropped postcard depicting a churchyard with a musical excerpt written in pen over top of the picture.

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Caprice de concert pour piano, Op. 4

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of Volpe's Caprice, dedicated to his friend Ossip Gabrilovitsch, and published by Luckhardt and Belder of New York.

Volpe, Arnold

Letter from Gustav Mahler

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

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Mahler, Gustav

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

Letter from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
April 8, 1901

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Edvard Grieg

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
February 10, 1902

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a letter from Edvard Grieg to an unidentifed person. Grieg wrote the letter at his Troldhaugen residence in Bergen Norway on February 10, 1902. It reads: "Dear Sir! Permit me, in bad English, to thank you for your songs & for your essay on my musical work. Both has [sic] given me much pleasure. I also congratulate you to your reputation in America as teacher and composer and beg you kindly to receive from me and my wife our best compliments. Yours faithfully, Edvard Grieg."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Letter from Camille Saint-Saens

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
June 8, 1905

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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.

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.

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.

In the rushes, Op. 12, no. 3

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
1908

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

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

Chanties by various authors

MS-2-288, Box 22, Folder 18
Item
[19--]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.