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Nov 4, 2007 · The seven children of Georg von Trapp were part of a musical family whose story became memorialized thanks in large part to the efforts of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Their 1959 stage musical, "The Sound of Music,” brought to life the unexpected courtship between von Trapp and a young novice known as Maria.
Mar 17, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven young actors became part of cinematic history when they were cast as the von Trapp children in Rogers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" — and they also became lifelong friends. Known as "The SoM 7," they formed their own sort of family over the months of making the musical. Their parents befriended one another as the young performers traveled to Austria for ...
Mar 1, 2015 · Johannes was born in 1939 - by then his mother and father had been married for 12 years and had already had two children together, to add to the seven that the widowed Captain von Trapp had...
The Sound of Music. A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer. Release Date 1965-04-01. Director Robert Wise ...
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Released in 2003, “The Von Trapp Children, Vol. 1,” their first album, was recorded as a present for their grandfather. “He had a stroke,” Melanie says. “So we recorded the songs he would teach us and sent it to him because he couldn’t come visit us anymore. And that recording sort of turned into our first album. After that, we opened for a pianist...
The show they’re bringing to Chandler Arts Center on their final tour is focused on those two most recent efforts. “It’s mostly the original material,” she says. “But we do a lot of the songs that we had recorded with Pink Martini. And it fits. It’s different but it does fit. I think what we had done with ‘Dream a Little Dream’ was more contemporar...
As for the movie, yes, she’s seen it. Like most human beings. “We grew up with ‘The Sound of Music,’ I guess, like most people,” she says. “Except we heard stories from our great aunts and uncles, their accounts of it, which were different. Hollywood definitely took it to a very cinematic kind of storyline. But we would also talk to people on the r...
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. Where:Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave. Admission:$22-$36. Details: 480-782-2680, chandlercenter.org.
- Ed Masley
Jan 4, 2011 · Agathe von Trapp was the eldest daughter of the Austrian family who inspired the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway production and film The Sound of Music. The film was a worldwide sensation ...
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Mar 2, 2015 · The names and ages of the real von Trapp children were changed for the film. In actuality, the eldest von Trapp child was not 16-going-on-17-year-old Liesl, but Rupert, who was...
