Many of us may never have heard taps played in its entirety . The original version of Taps was called Last Post, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps.
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Achingly beautiful…and the Conductor is what a Conductor should look like. Is there such a thing as a bad-ass looking Conductor?
Andre Rieu has always put on a good show.
Check the Mary Poppins one on the YouTube.
OutFrigginStanding
Beauty and elegance beyond description.
She plays that trumpet effortlessly, almost as if the notes are coming from somewhere else.
An outstanding rendition, very graceful and touching.
Dutch families have adopted and care for the graves
of all American, British and Canadian service
members who died liberating Holland in the Second
World War.
It’s my understanding that “Il Silenzio” is played
as a part of liberation day ceremonies each year
in the Netherlands.
The U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands is just outside of Maastricht on the way to Aachen.
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ne.php
I’ve been in Amsterdam when they have their moment of silence to commemorate WWII. The whole city just stopped, they still remember.
Oh my. That gave me chills.
Outstanding
Thank you for posting that link Dr Tar. I had never seen those pictures before.
This history sounds bogus. There is no mention of this history on the wikipedia entry for Taps. Note that Taps was originally a bugle call. Bugles have no valves, so the available notes are only harmonics of the lowest note (fundamental) on the instrument. The piece in the video could not be played on a bugle.
I think that the piece played in the video is more like a latter day “variations on a theme.”
Daniel Butterfield wasn’t even alive in 1801. You need to double check the history on this “full version of Taps” Quinn is write, the history sounds bogus.