ASMA award, presented to Benny Carter
date: label: presentation date
content: 1980
name: label: recipient
content: Carter, Benny
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Benny Carter by the American Society of Music Arrangers, in 1980. It is a wood plaque with gold-painted trim and printed paper document. The surface of the plaque is lacquered. The paper certificate is printed:</p>
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content: <p>AMERICAN SOCIETY OD MUSIC ARRANGERS<br>In recognition of continued excellence and achievement<br>of the highest standards in the arts of composing,<br>arranging and orchestrating, the Society awards to:<br>Benny Carter<br>[musical note]<br>THE GOLDEN SCORE <br>Signed:<br>[signature of Eddy L. Manson]<br>[signature of Bert Shefter]<br>Dated: [in script: June 8 1980]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Benny Carter, born in New York City in 1907, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who made a significant contribution to jazz throughout his seventy year career. He has received two Grammy Awards, and in 1986 was granted the NEA Jazz Masters award by The National Endowment for the Arts. Carter died in 2003 at the age of 95.</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
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hilma Carter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0013.03
label: accession number
content: 2007.0013
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0013.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 37.465 cm x 42.545 cm x 1.5875 cm