Grammy Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
Grammy Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
- Description (Brief)
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This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1958. It is a medium-brown stained wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald received this Grammy for either Best Vocal Performance, Female for the album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book, or Best Jazz Performance, Individual for the album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book. The metal plate is engraved:
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING
ARTS & SCIENCES – 1958 - Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- award
- presentation date
- 1958
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presenter
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11.8 cm x 11.8 cm x 17 cm; 4 5/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 6 11/16 in
- overall: 6 5/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 5 in; 16.03375 cm x 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.041
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.041
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
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- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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