ASCAP Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1969
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
label: presenter
content: ASCAP
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by ASCAP (American Society of Composer, Authors, and Publishers) in 1969. It is a rectangular wooden plaque with an engraved metal plate. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1969 [photograph of Duke Ellington]<br>”In the royalty<br>of American music,<br>no man swings more<br>or stands higher<br>than Duke.”</p>
label: Description
content: <p>These were the words of President Nixon<br>at the White House on April 20, 1969. The<br>occasion was Duke Ellington’s 70th birthday<br>when he was presented with the Presidential<br>Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian medal<br>the Government can bestow.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>All the Duke colleagues in ASCAP con-<br>gratulate him on this great honor and for his<br>incomparable musical achievements.<br>Stanley Adams<br>President ASCAP</p>[ASCAP logo]<br> AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSER, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.251
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 17 in x 1 in; 27.94 cm x 43.18 cm x 2.54 cm