THE LETTER A 9-year old’s letter to a US Army Bugler in 1963. Several days after the state funeral for President John F. Kennedy on…
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BUGLES AND SCOUTING
By Tapsbugler on October 21, 2016
BUGLES AND SCOUTING by BRUCE MCCREA http://familyandscoutinghistory.com/index.php/bugles-and-scouting Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of World Scouting, introduced the idea of Boy Scouting to the British public…
Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner
By Tapsbugler on September 13, 2016
“Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner”Recreating a long lost piece of musical history By Jari Villanueva“By Dawn’s Early Light” In September, 2014 the nation celebrated and…
A Morning Call by Edwin Forbes
By Tapsbugler on July 28, 2016
An excerpt from Thirty Years After: An Artist’s Memoir of the Civil War By Edwin Forbes Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was…
Echo Taps
By Tapsbugler on June 2, 2016
ECHO TAPS Echo Taps is a custom of sounding the call with two buglers standing at some distance apart to achieve an echo effect. Although…
THE EXPERIENCES OF A BANDMASTER
By Tapsbugler on February 14, 2016
THE EXPERIENCES OF A BANDMASTER By John Philip Sousa During eighteen years spent in playing music for the masses, twelve years in the service of…
Taps History on NPR
By Tapsbugler on June 28, 2015
Taps History on NPR http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136721508/historian-explains-the-origin-of-taps
Norton-A Civil War Opera
By Tapsbugler on April 19, 2014
An Opera based on the life of Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps. Commissioned by Loudoun Lyric Opera Company in honor of…
