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  2. Taps (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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    Echo Taps or Silver Taps is a tradition in which "Taps" is played at U.S. military schools—such as Norwich University, Texas A&M University, New Mexico Military Institute, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech—when a member or former member of a school's corps of cadets is killed in action.

  3. United States military music customs - Wikipedia

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    A single bugler performing "Taps" is traditionally used to give graveside honors to the deceased (the U.S. Army specifically prohibits the use of "Echo Taps").Title 10 of the United States Code establishes that funerals for veterans of the U.S. military shall "at a minimum, perform at the funeral a ceremony that includes the folding of a United States flag and presentation of the flag to the ...

  4. Il Silenzio (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Il Silenzio" ("The Silence") is an instrumental piece, with a small spoken Italian lyric, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso, [1] its thematic melody being an extension of the same Italian Cavalry bugle call Il Silenzio d’Ordinanza used by Russian composer Tchaikovsky to open his Capriccio Italien (often mistaken for the U.S. military bugle ...

  5. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ...

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    Military bugle call, 'Taps,' has ties to Utica. Here's how Mohawk Valley history is intertwined with well-known call. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ceremonies, has ...

  6. Cambridge Township Army bugler was the first person to play ...

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    The story of how military taps came to be involves a Union Army general and his brigade bugler, Cambridge Township native Oliver Wilcox Norton.

  7. Martial music - Wikipedia

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    Martial music or military music is a specific genre of music intended for use in military settings performed by professional soldiers called field musicians. Much of the military music has been composed to announce military events as with bugle calls and fanfares , or accompany marching formations with drum cadences , or mark special occasions ...

  8. Tap - Wikipedia

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    Spinal Tap (band), a parody band Tap dance, a type of dance using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor; Tapping, a guitar playing technique "Taps" (bugle call), a U.S. armed forces bugle call

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