[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          HONORING MORTON GOULD

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 1995
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one of 
America's finest musicians: Morton Gould.
  Morton Gould ranks among the most prominent members of the American 
music community. He has attained international recognition as a 
symphonic composer and conductor; a composer of film, television, 
Broadway and ballet scores; and recording artist. This year Mr. Gould 
was recognized with one of the music world's highest honors, the 
Pulitzer Prize for music composition.
  This is not, however, the first time that Mr. Gould has been honored 
in such a way. Mr. Gould's many honors include a Grammy Award and 12 
Grammy nominations; the 1983 Gold Baton Award, presented by the 
American Symphony Orchestra League; and the 1985 Medal of Honor for 
Music from the National Arts Club. In 1986, Gould was elected to the 
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was presented 
with the National Music Council's Golden Eagle Award. This past 
December, he was a Kennedy Center honoree.
  Morton Gould's music has been commissioned by symphony orchestras all 
over the United States, as well as by the Library of Congress, the 
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The New York City Ballet and 
the American Ballet Theatre. His compositions have been performed 
worldwide and by almost every American orchestra, large and small, 
under the direction of both today's eminent conductors as well as many 
notable conductors of the past including Arturo Toscanini, Leopold 
Stokowski, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Fritz Reiner.
  On April 30, 1986, he added leadership of the United States foremost 
performing rights organization to this list of achievements, when he 
was elected president of the American Society of Composers, Authors, 
and Publishers, He has served on ASCAP's board of directors since 1959, 
and has been a member since 1935.
  Mr. Speaker, another great American composer, Aaron Copland, once 
observed, ``The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced 
from the greatest moments in music.'' Morton Gould has spent a lifetime 
portraying the greatest moments of the human spirit through his music. 
I am happy to have this opportunity to honor one of this country's 
greatest musicians, and I ask that my colleagues join me in 
congratulating Mr. Gould on receiving the Pulitzer Prize.


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