94-21072. Classical Music Month, 1994  

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    Proclamation 6716--
    Classical Music Month, 1994
    
    
                            Presidential Documents 
    
    
    Federal Register
    Vol. 59, No. 163
    Wednesday, August 24, 1994
    
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    Title 3--
    The President
                    Proclamation 6716 of August 22, 1994
    
     
    Classical Music Month, 1994
    
                    By the President of the United States of America
    
                    A Proclamation
    
                    In the symphony halls of our great cities across 
                    America, in the community centers of our small towns, 
                    on radio and in recordings, a note is played that began 
                    centuries ago and resounds to this day. At the heart of 
                    classical music is continuity and tradition. What was 
                    heard in a Vienna opera house was heard again in a 
                    colonial theater in Charleston, South Carolina, was 
                    echoed at the inauguration of President Lincoln, was 
                    repeated in turn-of-the-century Chicago, and is played 
                    again today by a range of musicians from the most 
                    skilled of virtuosos to the youngest student struggling 
                    with the complexities of the violin.
    
                    Classical music is a celebration of artistic 
                    excellence. Great art endures through the ages, and in 
                    the United States we have embraced that great music and 
                    incorporated it into the American experience. Our best 
                    art reflects our Nation's spirit--that mixture of 
                    discipline and improvisation, the combination of strong 
                    individual voices working together at the same time, 
                    the bravado, the inventiveness, the dynamism of the 
                    American character. Classical music plays in harmony 
                    with that energy and spirit to become reinvigorated and 
                    reinvented with each new orchestra or chamber group, 
                    with every performance that rings out new and fresh.
    
                    This month we exalt the many talented composers, 
                    conductors, and musicians who bring classical music to 
                    our ears. These artists carry on a great tradition of 
                    musical achievement, and we are proud of their 
                    outstanding accomplishments. Whether in new American 
                    works or in the masterpieces of the great composers of 
                    old, music is a unifying force in our world, bringing 
                    people together across vast cultural and geographical 
                    divisions. Classical music speaks both to the mind and 
                    to the heart, giving us something to think about as 
                    well as to experience.
    
                    The Congress, by House Joint Resolution 239, has 
                    designated September 1994 as ``Classical Music Month,'' 
                    and has authorized and requested the President to issue 
                    a proclamation in observance of this month.
    
                    NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                    United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 
                    1994 as Classical Music Month. I urge all Americans to 
                    observe this month with appropriate ceremonies and 
                    activities.
    
                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                    twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord 
                    nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                    Independence of the United States of America the two 
                    hundred and nineteenth.
    
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    [FR Doc. 94-21072
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Document Information

Published:
08/24/1994
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Proclamation
Document Number:
94-21072
Pages:
43701-43701 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: August 24, 1994
EOCitation:
of 1994-08-22