<i>DownBeat</i> Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1955
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
label: presenter
content: Down Beat Magazine
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by <i>DownBeat</i> magazine in 1955. It is a wooden plaque with a gold-tone metal musical note and an engraved metal plate. The musical note is cast:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>1955<br>DOWN BEAT<br>AWARD</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and the metal plate is engraved):</p>
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content: <p>TO<br>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>THE WORLD’S GREATEST<br>INTERMISSION PIANIST<br>WITH WARM REGARDS</p>
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content: <p>American music magazine, <i>DownBeat</i>, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication is devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond.” <i>DownBeat</i> magazine publishes annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories and presents awards to its winners.</p>
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.085
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.085
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
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: 10 in x 6 1/2 in x 1 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm x 2.54 cm