A brief guide to The sound of music
By: Paul Simpson
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780762456147; 9781472118745
Subjects: Musicals; History and criticism; Musical films; Sound of music (Motion picture); Sound of music (Rodgers, Richard); Trapp Family Singers
Other titles: Sound of music
Description: A Brief History of the Sound of Music tells the real story of the Von Trapps, the family that inspired The Sound of Music, and how they escaped from the Third Reich. It will explore the stage show, the differences that were incorporated into the fictionalization of the tale, and how that story was brought to the big screen. It will also address the many interpretations of the Von Trapps' story that have been made--including two West German movies from the 1950s and an extensive forty-part Japanese anime series from the 1990s--to explain why their story has appealed to so many generations and cultures [Publisher description].
Notes: "50 years of the legendary musical and the family who inspired it"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-256).
Table of contents: title: The true story of the von Trapp Family Singers; title: The Trapp Family Singers on stage; title: The Trapp Family get Wise; title: The Trapp Family get animated; title: The Trapp Family Singers live again!