[Dixielandjazz] TAPS

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That was rather nicely done but it has not much to do with the "Last Post" or "Taps" in the US military - or many other countries.  check out this pretty accurate wiki entry: 
 
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=Last+post

I was in the US Navy Drum & Bugle Corps for a while and we had to learn them all (and some history.)

For more internet taps info check out this as well:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/taps.asp

Not knocking her performance nor the sentiments of the comment but this video has been posted around quite a few times. Maybe a quick search on the title will be helpful:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Silenzio_(song)
Il Silenzio (Silence in English) is an Italian pop music instrumental piece, with a small part of spoken Italian lyrics, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rossoand Guglielmo Brezza[1], its thematic melody being an extension of the bugle military call for taps. It has become a worldwide instrumental standard, which has sold around 10 million copies.[2] It was a number one hit in Germany, Austria, theNetherlands, Italy and in Switzerland in 1965. [3] It reached the position of Number 1 in Australia on 01/09/65 and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks. In the United States it reached #32 in the BillboardEasy Listening Charts.

Dave Richoux

On Apr 16, 2011, at 9:33 PM, James Mullins <abejim7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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