William Harten, Jr. US Navy Cornetist. The story of a musician and December 7, 1941 William Harten, Jr. was a WWII veteran who served…
Allen Bodenlos Bugle Master Allen Bodenlos was born August 13, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from High school in 1940. While in HS, he…
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…
BUGLES AND SCOUTING by BRUCE MCCREA BUGLES AND SCOUTING BRUCE MCCREA Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of World Scouting, introduced the idea of Boy Scouting to…
“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…
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…
Taps History on NPR http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136721508/historian-explains-the-origin-of-taps
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…
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