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The Trapp Family (also known as the von Trapp Family) was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the interwar period .
Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika (The Trapp Family in America), 1958 film; The Sound of Music, 1959 stage musical; also see other stage adaptations in this article; The Sound of Music, 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer; Trapp Ikka Monogatari (Trapp Family Story), 1991 animated TV series, part of World Masterpiece Theater (The ...
Maria von Trapp sang "Edelweiss" with Andrews on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973. In 1991, a 40 episode anime series, titled Trapp Family Story aired in Japan, her character referred to by her maiden name (Maria Kutschera), voiced by Masako Katsuki. She was portrayed in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music by Yvonne Catterfeld.
Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp [a] [3] [4] (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I , [ b ] sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships ...
The film is based on Maria von Trapp's memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, written in 1948 to help promote her family's singing group following the death of her husband, Captain von Trapp, in 1947. [4] Hollywood producers expressed immediate interest in purchasing the title only, but Maria refused, wanting her entire story to be told ...
The Von Trapps (formerly The Von Trapp Children) was a musical group made up of Sofia, Melanie, Amanda, and August (formerly Justin) von Trapp, descendants of the original Trapp Family Singers.
Johannes von Trapp (born January 17, 1939) is an American Austrian singer and former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical and movie The Sound of Music. [1] He is the tenth and youngest child. [2] As of September 2023, Johannes is the last surviving sibling of the von Trapp family. [3]
Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (12 March 1913 – 28 December 2010) was the eldest daughter of Georg von Trapp with his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was also a member of the Trapp Family Singers , whose lives were the inspiration for the 1959 musical play and 1965 film The Sound of Music .