{"id":1481,"date":"2011-08-26T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2011-08-24T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:24:56","slug":"breath-taking-taps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/08\/breath-taking-taps.html","title":{"rendered":"Breath taking &#8220;Taps&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 5px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TAPS\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ofmosyzS3MM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist. \u00a0Here is &#8220;Taps&#8221; played in its entirety. \u00a0The original version of &#8220;Taps&#8221; was called Last Post and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. \u00a0It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip. \u00a0So in 1862, it was shortened to 24 notes and renamed &#8220;Taps.&#8221; \u00a0Melissa Nenema is playing it on a trumpet. \u00a0Whereby the original was played on a bugle. \u00a0The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A salute to the men and women who serve in our military. \u00a0A grateful thank you to them and to the many who have served and died to bring us freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist. \u00a0Here is &#8220;Taps&#8221; played in its entirety. \u00a0The original version of &#8220;Taps&#8221; was called Last Post and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. \u00a0It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip. \u00a0So in 1862, it was shortened to 24 notes and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,186,49],"tags":[699,715,701,256,255,257],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-hope","category-inspiration","tag-faith","tag-hope","tag-inspiration","tag-melissa-venema","tag-taps-played-in-original-form","tag-trumpet-solo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breath taking &quot;Taps&quot; - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/08\/breath-taking-taps.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breath taking &quot;Taps&quot; - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist. \u00a0Here is &#8220;Taps&#8221; played in its entirety. \u00a0The original version of &#8220;Taps&#8221; was called Last Post and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. \u00a0It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip. \u00a0So in 1862, it was shortened to 24 notes and&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/08\/breath-taking-taps.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-26T12:55:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-08-24T13:24:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Linda G. 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