The Sound
of Music - The Trapp Family
In 1965 the 20th Century Fox
released a musical film written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar
Hammerstein, directed by Robert Wise which ought to become
a promotional tourism film for Austria, The Sound Of Music.
It was original shot in the Austrian Alps of Salzburg and
the amazing landscape portrayed in this movie is still a trip
worth to many people from around the world. The musical is
the true story of the Austrian family "von Trapp",
who became famous as a singing family, touring through the
States in the 1940s.
Baron Georg von Trapp was a highly decorated World War I veteran
and a widower with 7 children, living in Salzburg. Because
of an unfortunate financial crisis, Maria, a nun who was a
governess to his children and became his wife late, arrange
concerts with the children singing, making a family hobby
to an profession. In 1938 when Austria was affiliated by Hitler
Germany, the von Trapps decided to flee. Packed with only
their Rucksacks they left all their fortune and belongings
behind them and went to the United States. Starting there
with no money and without being known, they soon managed to
reach national popularity. The Trapp family was touring until
1956. |
