Grammy Nomination Certificate, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1959
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This nomination certificate was presented to Duke Ellington by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1959. It is a medium-brown stained wood plaque with a laminated paper certificate. Duke Ellington received this nomination certificate for Best Performance by a Dance Band, for the recording “Anatomy of a Murder,” and would go on to win the Grammy award in this category. The certificate is printed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>THE NATIONAL ACADEMY<br>OF<br>RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES<br>presents this certificate to<br>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>in recognition of<br>NOMINATION<br>for the<br>”BEST PERFORMANCE BY A DANCE BAND”<br>”ANATOMY OF A MURDER”<br>for the awards period<br>1959<br>[signature of John Hammond]<br>PREIDENT, NEW YORK CHAPTER<br>[signature of Paul Weston]<br>PRESIDENT, LOS ANGELES CHAPTER</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.004
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.004
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 1 in; 26.67 cm x 21.59 cm x 2.54 cm