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I find the true story of the Von Trapp family quite interesting: -They did not live opulently in a huge mansion and were not wealthy. In fact, both the Captain and Maria had lost most of their money in bad investments prior to leaving Austria. -Maria came to live with the family in 1926, not as a governess, but as a tutor for one of his daughters. -Maria married the captain in 1927 not in 1938. -The Captain had 7 children from his first wife and 3 more with Maria making a total of 10 children in the family. -The captain was warm and loving, not cold and distant. Maria was quite unhappy with the way the Captain was later dramatized. -When they left Austria, they did not hike over the mountains but simply took a train to Italy. -They did not sign upbeat songs like in the musical but sang sacred and madrigal music and were criticized in the U.S. for not smiling when they sang! archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/von-trapps.html
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:52:54 +0000

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