The Story of the Trapp Family Singers is a 1949 memoir written by Maria Augusta von Trapp, whose life was later fictionalized in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical The Sound of Music in 1959.
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The 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 Story of the Trapp Family Singers
…with the title Die Trapp-Familie: Vom Kloster zum Welterfolg ("The Trapp Family: From Monastery to Global Success"). The book describes the life of the von Trapp family, from their beginnings in Salzburg, Austria, to their adventures in America after they escaped from German-occupied Europe. The story reflects on family…
The Trapp Family in January 1946. Photograph by Conrad Poirier.
The Trapp Family rehearsing before a concert, near Boston, 27 September 1941
Cor Unum (later the "Trapp Family Lodge"), home of the Trapp Family Singers in the U.S., in 1954
Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp (front) and five of her ten singing children (back row, left to right) Agathe Johanna Erwina Gorbetina, Hedwig Adolphine Gorbetina and Johanna Karolina; (center, left to right) Maria Agatha Franzika Gorbetina 'Mitzi' and Martina Alice Gorbetina.