Object Details
- recipient
- Ellington, Duke
- presenter
- Down Beat Magazine
- Description
This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by DownBeat magazine in 1946. It is a wooden plaque with a gold-tone metal musical note, laurels, and an engraved metal plate. The musical note is cast:
1946
DOWN BEAT
AWARD(and the metal plate is engraved):
DUKE ELLINGTON
SWING BAND
FIRST PLACEAmerican 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- presentation date
- 1946
- ID Number
- 1989.0369.083
- accession number
- 1989.0369
- catalog number
- 1989.0369.083
- Object Name
- plaque
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 12 in x 1 in; 24.13 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Awards and Prizes
- Record ID
- nmah_1281248
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-908b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
