ASCAP Certificate, presented to Benny Carter
ASCAP Certificate, presented to Benny Carter
- Description
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This certificate was presented to Benny Carter by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), in 1942. It is a printed and hand-written paper certificate in a medium-brown stained wood frame. The certificate is printed:
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
COMPOSERS – AVTHORS
AND – PVBLISHERS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ON - May 28, 1942
Benny Carter
WAS - DVLY - ELECTED - TO – MEMBERSHIP
[signature of ASCAP President ] [signature of ASCAP Secretary] -
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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- certificate
- presentation date
- 1942
- recipient
- Carter, Benny
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 3/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 26.3525 cm x 32.385 cm x 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- 2007.0013.05
- accession number
- 2007.0013
- catalog number
- 2007.0013.05
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hilma Carter
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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