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2 days ago · It is based on the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp and is set in Salzburg, Austria. It is a fictional retelling of her experiences as governess to seven children, her eventual marriage with their father Captain Georg von Trapp, and their escape during the Anschluss in 1938. [4]
3 days ago · The book’s first film treatment was the West German movie Die Trapp-Familie (1956; The Trapp Family). It was reworked as a stage musical, The Sound of Music, with songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which opened on Broadway in 1959 and won six Tony Awards.
5 days ago · The Best 'Sound of Music' Guided Tour in Salzburg. The movie, The Sound of Music, is loosely based on the story of the real-life Von Trapp family. It was first made into a musical play by Rodger and Hammerstein in 1959 before the movie became an overnight blockbuster in 1965.
1 day ago · Maria von Trapp and family, Stowe. Visitors to Trapp Family Lodge can pay tribute to “The Sound of Music” family, but access to the gravesites on the south side of the lodge is limited. “The ...
4 days ago · Real-life German tutor Maria Augusta von Trapp had lived a pretty wild life, and a friend hounded her for years to write a book about it. She finally agreed to jot down some ideas for an hour, just to prove that she was no writer. When she realized she loved it, she sat down to write the 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.
1 day ago · The Sound of Music is a certified classic for film – and Julie Andrews – lovers. The movie delivered a love story for the ages between Andrews' aspiring nun turned governess character Maria who falls in love and marries the Captain von Trapp.
Jun 19, 2024 · This week The Sound of Music comes home when Lyric Theatre and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra bring the Broadway musical score to the Stowe hillside on which the von Trapp family settled in...
