[Dixielandjazz] TAPS

James Mullins abejim7 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 21:33:16 PDT 2011


The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland. The young lady,
her trumpet and her rendition of TAPS.

Many of you may never have heard taps played in its entirety, for all of the
men & women that have died for you to have the freedom you have in America.
This is an opportunity you won't want to miss and I guarantee you'll never
forget.

Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist.

Here is 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. Melissa Venema is playing it on a
trumpet whereby the original was played on a bugle.


http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm


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