DownBeat Magazine Award, presented to duke Ellington: Museum Object and Cultural History
DownBeat Magazine Award, presented to duke Ellington: presentation date: 1963. recipient: Ellington, Duke. presenter: Down Beat Magazine.
The object in the museum catalogue
This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by DownBeat magazine in 1963. It is a shield-shaped wooden plaque with an engraved metal plate. The metal plate is engraved:
DUKE ELLINGTON ARRANGER/COMPOSER JAZZ CRITICS POLL DOWN BEAT 1963
American music magazine, DownBeat, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication is devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond.” DownBeat magazine publishes annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories and presents awards to its winners.
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1963
- recipient: Ellington, Duke
- presenter: Down Beat Magazine
- Object Name: plaque
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 1 in; 19.05 cm x 16.51 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made: United States
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1989.0369.010
- catalog number: 1989.0369.010
- accession number: 1989.0369
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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