The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

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In her own beautiful, simple words, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells the dramatic story that inspired the classic American musical and film The Sound of Music. The story begins i n Austria after World War I, when Baron von Trapp, a widower with five daughters, two sons, and no one to look after them, calls on a neighboring convent for help and is sent the young student Maria. The Baron and Maria fell in love and were married. In the dark days that led up to World War II, the Baron lost most of his fortune. When the family met Father Wasner, a musical director, he encouraged them to do professionally what they had hitherto only done for fun, namely, sing. Thus began their extremely successful singing career. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers tells not only the story known to so many from The Sound of Music, but also reveals what happened after the Trapps fled Austria, the early years they spent travelling and singing in America, and their eventual settling as innkeepers in Vermont. Show more