The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers is a memoir written by Maria Augusta von Trapp, the nun-turned-baroness whose life was set to music in the musical The Sound of Music. The book was published in 1949 by Lippincott, Philadelphia.

Maria never intended to write anything of her life, but a friend persistently pleaded with her not to allow her story to be forgotten by others. She denied she had any writing skill whatsoever, but her friend was not to be put off and kept on asking her whenever they saw each other. Finally, one day, in desperation, Maria excused herself and went to her room for an hour to scribble a few pages about her life story, hoping to prove once and for all she was no writer. However, this displayed such natural writing talent that she reluctantly agreed to finish what she had started, and her jottings formed the basis of the first chapter of her memoirs.

[edit] Adaptations

Die Trapp-Familie (The Trapp Family), 1956 film
Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika, 1958 film
The Sound of Music, stage musical, (see also many further stage adaptations in this article)
The Sound of Music, 1965 film starring Julie Andrews
Trapp Ikka Monogatari (Trapp Family Story), 1991 animated TV series, part of World Masterpiece Theater