ASCAP Award, presented to Irving Berlin: Museum Object and Cultural History
ASCAP Award, presented to Irving Berlin: presentation date: 1984. recipient: Berlin, Irving. presenter: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
The object in the museum catalogue
This special award was presented to Irving Berlin by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1984. It is a wooden plaque with an engraved metal plate. The metal plate is engraved:
ascap American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Honors IRVING BERLIN Writer of WHITE CHRISTMAS Among the Most Performed ASCAP Standards Oct. 1, 1973 - Sept. 30, 1983 [ASCAP President's signature] Los Angeles, California May 3, 1984
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1984
- recipient: Berlin, Irving
- presenter: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Object Name: plaque
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1991.3198.08
- nonaccession number: 1991.3198
- catalog number: 1991.3198.08
- Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth I. Peters, Linda Louise Emmet, and Mary Ellin Barrett
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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