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Artist:

Peter Hurd, 22 Feb 1904 - Jul 1984

Sitter:

Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974

Medium:

Tempera on board

Type:

Painting

Date:

1956

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Home Furnishings\Curtain

Clothing & Apparel\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Duke Ellington: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC353

Rights:

© Peter Hurd

Exhibition Label:

In the first rank of American composers, Duke Ellington was-to use a favorite phrase of his own-"beyond category." He produced what has been called the "single most impressive body of composition in American jazz": more than two thousand compositions that ranged from such popular classics as "Satin Doll" and "Sophisticated Lady" to extended works such as Black, Brown and Beige, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1943. Ellington continually expanded his work as a composer and bandleader, composing for Broadway (Beggar's Opera) and Hollywood (including the film score for Anatomy of a Murder), undertaking extensive international tours, and working with younger jazz musicians such as John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. He received the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for his long-term achievement and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

Bravo!

On View:

NPG, South Gallery 321 Mezzanine

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

Record ID:

npg_NPG.78.TC353

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• American composer
• Concert stage
• Grand piano
• Jazz musician
• Moustache
• Neck tie
• portrait
• Striped shirt
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Artist:

Philippe Halsman, 1906 - 1979

Sitter:

Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1967

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone

Music\Sheet music

Music\Musical instrument\Drum

Interior\Studio\Recording

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Duke Ellington: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of George R. Rinhart

Object number:

S/NPG.77.199

Rights:

© Philippe Halsman Archive

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

Record ID:

npg_S_NPG.77.199

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Artist:

Tony Bennett, born 3 Aug 1926

Sitter:

Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974

Medium:

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Type:

Drawing

Date:

c. 1993

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Rose

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Duke Ellington: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Tony Bennett

Object number:

S/NPG.2008.99

Rights:

Deed of Gift transfers copyright to NPG

Exhibition Label:

In the first rank of American composers, Duke Ellington was "beyond category": his more than 2,000 jazz compositions include "Satin Doll" and "Sophisticated Lady," as well as Black, Brown and Beige and the later "Sacred Concerts." Legendary performer Tony Bennett (born Anthony Benedetto), who has had a lifelong interest in painting, here portrays the man he celebrated as his mentor. "When I worked on his portrait, I was inspired by the look of divine serenity on his face," Bennett noted, and he inscribed the painting, "God Is Love." Whenever Ellington completed a new piece, he sent Bennett roses to mark the occasion, and their presence here reflects the close bond the two artists shared.

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

Record ID:

npg_S_NPG.2008.99

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Artist:

William Paul Gottlieb, 28 Jan 1917 - 23 Apr 2006

Sitter:

Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Type:

Photograph

Date:

c. 1946 (printed 1991)

Topic:

Clothing & Apparel

Music\Musical instrument\Piano

Printed Material\Document

Artwork\Photograph

Container\Bottle

Home Furnishings\Mirror

Interior\Dressing room

Music\Sheet music

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Duke Ellington: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.92.58

Rights:

© William P. Gottlieb, from the Library of Congress Collection

Exhibition Label:

When Duke Ellington was reaching for the ultimate compliment, his phrase of choice was often "beyond category." No one more deserved that description than Ellington himself, whose preeminence in the world of jazz is unassailable. As a bandleader, he produced sounds that all admired but none could replicate, and as a composer, he authored what has justly been described as "the single most impressive body of composition in American jazz." Among his more than two thousand original pieces are such classics as "Sophisticated Lady," "Satin Doll," and "Mood Indigo," along with more extended and serious works such as Liberian Suite and Harlem.

The holder of many honors, Ellington received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969; by the time of his death in 1974, many regarded him as America's most important composer.

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

20th Century Americans: 1930-1950

On View:

NPG, South Gallery 321

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

Record ID:

npg_NPG.92.58

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Collector:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)

Subject:

Ellington, Mercer Kennedy (musician) 1919-1996

Strayhorn, Billy (William T.) 1915-1967

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Washingtonians, The

Physical description:

Approx. 400 cubic feet

Type:

Scrapbooks

Collection descriptions

Sound recordings

Audiotapes

Photographic prints

Posters

Awards

Clippings

Papers

Music

Phonograph records

Place:

United States

Washington (D.C.)

New York (N.Y.)

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1927

1988

1928-1988

20th century

Topic:

Music--Performance

Jazz

Big bands

African American entertainers

Musicians

African American musicians

Music

Popular music

African Americans--History

Pianists

Bandsmen

Composers

Local number:

1988.3058 (NMAH Acc.)

Restrictions:

Most of collection unrestricted and available for on-site research. Portions restricted. Collection still being processed, which occasionally restricts physical access

Notes:

Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer and bandleader spanned more than 50 years. Among his many compositions are hundreds of short pieces and more ambitious extended works, including operas, ballets, musicals, concert pieces (such as "Black, Brown and Beige") and the "Sacred Concerts." Duke Ellington and his orchestra toured the United States and made frequent successful tours abroad. He was decorated with numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom (presented by Pres. Nixon, 1969). Duke Ellington led his orchestra until his death, when it was taken over by his son, Mercer

Summary:

Orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music make up some of the Duke Ellington Collection. Also includes concert posters, concert programs; television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts; business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks, all from the heyday of Duke Ellington (1920's-1975)

Cite as:

Duke Ellington Collection, 1920's-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Duke Ellington Collection 1928-1988 [Ellington, Duke 1899-1974]

Data Source:

Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_140364

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Depicts:

Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974

Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

April 29, 1986

Topic:

Music & Musicians

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

1999.2004.482

Description:

mint

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

Record ID:

npm_1999.2004.482

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Creator:

Bachrach, Fabian 1917-2010

Subject:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Silver gelatin on paper

7 items : photoprints, 10" x 8"

Culture:

African Americans

Type:

Publicity photographs

Photographs

Date:

1969

20th century

1960-1970

Topic:

Musicians

Composers

African American composers

Local number:

AC0301-0000028.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

7 nearly identical prints from same negative: Ellington wearing jacket and tie, with large cufflinks on shirt, with a sheet of music on the table. Five of the prints are warm-toned without identification; two cold-tone prints, probably intended as publicity photographs, bear Fabian Bachrach's imprint on the front and rubber stamp on the verso

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285506

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Collector:

Shell, Theodore Dr (dentist)

Subject:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

0.5 cu. ft.: 1 box

Type:

Photographs

Collection descriptions

Broadsides

Clippings

Programs

Articles

Correspondence

Radio scripts

Sketches

Drawings

Place:

United States

Date:

1940

1975

1933-1990

1940-1980

20th century

1940-1990

1940-2000

Topic:

Jazz musicians

Jazz

Music

Local number:

1993.3189 (NMAH Acc.)

Notes:

Dentist and amateur photographer, Theodore Shell graduated from Shaw University in 1937 and served 5 years in the military during WWII. He received his dentistry degree from Howard University in 1950 and founded chapter 90 of the Duke Ellington Society in the late 1950s

Summary:

Periodical articles, news clippings, concert programs, radio transcripts, personal correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and pencil sketches collected by Dr. Shell. The material documents part of Duke Ellington's music career, especially ca. 1940-1974

Cite as:

Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera, 1933-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Data Source:

Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_140607

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Artist:

Gjon Mili, 28 Nov 1904 - 14 Feb 1984

Sitter:

Duke Ellington, 29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974

Dizzy Gillespie, 21 Oct 1917 - 6 Jan 1993

Buck Clayton, 12 Nov 1911 - 8 Dec 1991

Max Kaminsky, 1908 - 6 Sep 1994

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1944

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano

Clothing & Apparel\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone

Interior\Studio

Music\Musical instrument\Trumpet

Music\Musical instrument\Trombone

Music\Musical instrument\Saxophone

Music\Musical instrument\Drum

Music\Musical instrument\Bass

Music\Musical instrument\Clarinet

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Folding chair

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Duke Ellington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Duke Ellington: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Dizzy Gillespie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Dizzy Gillespie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn\Trumpet

Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn\Trumpet

Buck Clayton: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Arranger

Max Kaminsky: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Max Kaminsky: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn\Trumpet

Portrait

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.95.98

Exhibition Label:

Born Washington, D.C.

"Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one," exclaimed the famed composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington. During a career that spanned six decades, he rose to international stardom and helped to reshape the contours of American music. Raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington formed his first jazz band at age nineteen. He made a name for himself in the late 1920s at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he performed a regular gig that was broadcast nationally on the radio. With songs such as "Solitude" and "In a Sentimental Mood," Ellington achieved widespread popularity with diverse audiences. He first performed abroad in 1933, and so successful were his concerts that he later toured the globe under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. In this photograph, Ellington is seated at the piano; playing trumpet beside him are the famed musicians Dizzy Gillespie (left) and Buck Clayton (right).

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National Portrait Gallery

Record ID:

npg_NPG.95.98

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Creator:

Russo, William 1928-2003

Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Subject:

Columbia College (Chicago) Contemporary American Music Program

Physical description:

0.5 cu. ft.: 1 box

Type:

Transcriptions

Collection descriptions

Parts (musical)

Scores

Manuscripts

Date:

1967

1967-1968

ca 1967-68

20th century

Topic:

Choral music

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

Musicians

Conductors

Church music

Music

Local number:

1991.3019 (NMAH Acc.)

Notes:

Russo stated that Duke Ellington loaned him the music in 1967-1968

William Russo was the Director of the Contemporary American Music Program at Columbia College, Chicago. Active in music from 1947 until his death in 2003, he toured Europe as the leader of a quintet; lived in London, where he conducted the London Jazz Orchestra and worked with the BBC; and lived and taught in New York and Chicago. Russo was noted in the fifties as a composer of experimental music for Stan Kenton's orchestra and Third Stream Music for the Russo orchestra. He has been a trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor

Summary:

Full conductor score, orchestral parts, and choral parts to "In the Beginning God," "Tell Me It's the Truth," "The Lord's Prayer," "Ain't But the One"

Cite as:

William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, 1967-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Data Source:

Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_140533

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Subject:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink on paper

1 item

Culture:

African Americans

Type:

Portraits

Paintings

Place:

Syria

Damascus (Syria)

Date:

1963

Topic:

Jazz musicians

African American musicians

Piano

African American men

Local number:

AC0301-0000047.tif (AC Scan No.)

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Data Source:

Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285728

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink and pencil on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Holographs

Date:

1957

20th century

Topic:

Mental illness

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000006.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

At top of score: "April 15th, 1957 / Started 12 Midnite / Income Tax Day Stopped 3:05 a.m."

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Duke Ellington Collection, 1928-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285424

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Creator:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Pencil and ink on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Holographs

Date:

1928

1974

20th century

Topic:

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000005.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

Note: this record duplicates part of the complete record for this composition

In Ellington's hand

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285422

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Holographs

Date:

1928

1974

20th century

Topic:

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000001.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

Note: this record duplicates part of the complete record for this composition

Fragment, piano score

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285416

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink and pencil on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Holographs

Place:

United States

Date:

1941

20th century

Topic:

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000034a.tif (AC Scan No.)

AC0301-0000034b.tif (AC Scan No.: without "Paul ad lib" addition)

AC0301-0000034c.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

One page marked "Paul ad lib." Note: this entry partially duplicates one of the original catolog entries for this piece

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_286000

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Composer?:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Pencil on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Place:

Chicago (Ill.)

Date:

1930

20th century

Topic:

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000078.tif (AC Scan No.)

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research access on site by appointment

Notes:

From 0301.Min 1839? See Bib. #169206

Summary:

1 page. In pencil, with blue Tom Whaley stamp, upper right

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_283953

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Pencil on paper

1 item: 2 pages

Type:

Manuscripts

Holographs

Date:

1941

20th century

Topic:

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000037.tif (AC Scan No.: first page)

AC0301-0000037a.tif (AC Scan No.: verso)

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Unrestricted research access on site by appointment

Summary:

"Hodges" in upper left corner. Note: this record duplicates part of the complete record for this composition

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_286011

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink and pencil on paper

4 items

Type:

Manuscripts

Date:

1928

1974

20th century

Topic:

Music

Jazz

Local number:

AC0301-0000034.tif (AC Scan No.), also AC0301-0000034a, AC0301-0000034b and AC0301-0000034c

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285517

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink and pencil on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Date:

1941

20th century

Topic:

Music

Jazz

Local number:

AC0301-0000075.tif (AC Scan No.)

Summary:

Note: this may be a duplicate record. Cf. other records under this title

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Duke Ellington Collection Music Manuscripts (Series 1), ca. 1930-1981

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Archives Center - NMAH

Record ID:

siris_arc_285996

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Composer:

Ellington, Duke 1899-1974

Physical description:

Ink on paper

1 item

Type:

Manuscripts

Place:

New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1928

1974

20th century

Topic:

Drums

Trains

Subways

Music

Local number:

AC0301-0000012.tif (AC Scan No.: first page)

Notes:

This record accompanies an image of the first page, and may duplicate the record for this composition

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Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Archives Center - NMAH

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siris_arc_285434

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