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"The Sound of Music" - A True Story
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A family story which is known around the world:
Maria von Trapp, born as one of seven children from the first marriage of Georg von Trapp from the Erlenhof in Thumersbach (Zell-am-See), just recently celebrated her 90th birthday in Stowe. |
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| The movie is based on true events: Maria von Kutschera was born in Vienna and an aspiring novitiate at the Benedictine Nonnberg Convent in Salzburg. The abbess, however, sent her out to serve as a governess for the widowed Baron Georg Ritter von Trapp, where she would look after his seven children. Not long afterwards, Maria became the baron's wife, forming a family choir at the beginning of the 1930's. While they were still in Austria, they made numerous concert appearances. |
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| After Austria's annexation by Germany in 1938, the family was forced to flee and became dependant on their musical activities as their sole source of income. This allowed them to get a foothold in the USA, where they subsequently bought a farm in Stowe (Vermont) which they developed over the years into the "Trapp Family Lodge" - a hotel which is still doing well to this day. |
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