If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you have no heart. Simply beautiful. So much talent for one so young.
Breathtaking Taps
The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland . The young lady, her trumpet and her rendition of TAPS makes your hair stand on end. 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 .
Amazingly beautiful! 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.
Well done and it is breathtaking. Thanks for sharing. I never knew anything except the short version.
Jerry
Wow, that was very cool.... I have to get the sheet music now!
Interesting, But That Is Not Taps
Taps was written for the bugle. When played on the trumpet there is no keying. That melody is based on taps, it is peaceful, but not as haunting as true taps.
The best taps is played in "echo" fashion, with the second bugler away and out of sight.
Paul in PA
Interesting, But That Is Not Taps
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 Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza, 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. It was a number one hit in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and in Switzerland in 1965. It reached the position of Number 1 in Australia on 01/09/65 and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks, and in the United Kingdom it peaked at number 8 on the Record Retailer singles chart. In the United States it reached #32 in the Billboard Easy Listening Charts.
