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Duke Ellington

1899–1974 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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A Duke Ellington Centennial Celebration

1999 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Music

Program for a 1999 centennial tribute to Duke Ellington by the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Music, marking a hundred years since his birth. It formed part of Beyond Category, a symposium on Ellington's life, music and band supported by the North Carolina Humanities Council, and covers jazz history and performance.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.

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