Echo Taps is a beautiful, uplifting concept. While listening to the piece, I imagined all the buglers stretching 41 miles from one town to the next, and the people waiting for the song to drift to them. A lovely thing. The piece begins with authoritative interviews that give background on the history of Taps and talks about bugles. The descendants of General Butterfield, the originator of Taps, are interviewed also. Who has listened to Taps and not gotten a lump in one's throat? The finale - 866 horns playing Taps all at once - is beautiful and listeners will stop whatever they are doing just to hear it.
Well done and perfect for Memorial Day or even Fourth of July.
Review of "EchoTaps" (866 people play Taps)
Deborah Astley
Posted on May 27, 2005 at 01:16 PM
Echo Taps is a beautiful, uplifting concept. While listening to the piece, I imagined all the buglers stretching 41 miles from one town to the next, and the people waiting for the song to drift to them. A lovely thing. The piece begins with authoritative interviews that give background on the history of Taps and talks about bugles. The descendants of General Butterfield, the originator of Taps, are interviewed also. Who has listened to Taps and not gotten a lump in one's throat? The finale - 866 horns playing Taps all at once - is beautiful and listeners will stop whatever they are doing just to hear it.
Well done and perfect for Memorial Day or even Fourth of July.