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      • The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
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  2. The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.

  3. About the author. Maria Augusta von Trapp. 21 books82 followers. Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story served as the inspiration for a 1956 German film that in turn inspired the Broadway musical The Sound of Music.—. Source.

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  4. Oct 28, 2010 · Fact: The family actually sang sacred music and madrigals, and sang along with recorder selections, plus folk songs from the region where they were performing that day. Fiction: The family fled from the Nazis over the Swiss mountains.

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  5. Jul 16, 2020 · Born Maria Augusta Kutschera on January 26, 1905 in Vienna, Maria von Trapp wrote the 1949 book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. This book later became the basis for the Broadway...

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  6. Apr 20, 2024 · An undeniable Broadway hit, The Sound of Music ( US / UK ), featuring a hit-filled Rodgers & Hammerstein score and a charming book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, became one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. But who were the real-life people behind the classic musical? Was there really a Baroness? And what about Max?

  7. The Sound of Music, Rodgers and Hammerstein's last work together, is based on the story of the Austrian Von Trapp Family. Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain von Trapp, it opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, garnering much praise and numerous awards.

  8. Nov 21, 2023 · The Sound of Music is a well-known and beloved musical written by the famous songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and published in 1959.

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