[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING MAESTRO ERICH KUNZEL

  (Mr. DRIEHAUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DRIEHAUS. Mr. Speaker, on September 1, we lost an artist who 
helped shape a generation of music in this country. For more than 40 
years, Erich Kunzel shared his remarkable talent and passion with music 
lovers across greater Cincinnati and around the world. His tireless 
leadership and enthusiasm helped build the Cincinnati Pops into a 
musical organization without peer. Their many recordings over the years 
brought classical and contemporary masterpieces into the homes of 
countless Americans. Whether directing from his podium at Riverbend 
Music Center or leading the National Symphony Orchestra, as he did here 
in Washington every year on Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, 
Maestro Kunzel was a source of pride for Cincinnati and a mainstay of 
our Nation's musical community. He will be dearly missed by all of us 
whose lives were enriched by his boundless creativity.

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