[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: August 24, 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.
