National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1972
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trophy was presented to Duke Ellington by the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. in 1972. It is a gold-tone loving cup with two handles, topped with a winged figure holding a torch, all on a dark wood base with an engraved metal plate. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO MUSICIANS, INC.<br>THEODORE CHARLES STONE PRESIDENT<br>PRESENTS IT’S HIGHEST AWARD<br> TO<br>EDWARD “DUKE” ELLINGTON, COMPOSER-CONDUCTOR<br>FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN MUSIC<br>PRESENTED AUGUST 14, 1972<br>53RD ANNIVESARY SESSION NEW YORK, N.Y.<br>COURTESY: ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. (NANM) started in Washington, D.C. as a conference of African-American musicians under the leadership of Henry Grant and Nora Holt, in 1919. NANM’s first conference was subsequently held in Chicago the same year. The National Association of Negro Musician, Inc. is the oldest organization in this country dedicated to the “preservation, encouragement, and advocacy of the music of Black Americans.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.111
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.111
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 7 in x 7 in; 60.96 cm x 17.78 cm x 17.78 cm