In 1966
The
Sound of Music (
The Sound of Music
) by Robert Wise, received the Oscar for best film in Los Angeles.
This musical comedy, which has become legendary, with Julie Andrews in the role of Maria and Christopher Plummer in that of Captain von Trapp, told in a romantic way how this Austrian family had tried to resist Nazi oppression during the Anschluss in 1938. May 13 Rosemarie Trapp, the eldest daughter of the heroic Austrian officer, died at the age of 93 in her retirement home in Vermont in the United States where she had lived for very long years.
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Her son Johannes von Trapp paid tribute to her on his Instagram account: “
My mother's kindness, generosity and quick-wittedness were legendary.
She will have devoted her whole life to the happiness of others.
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Captain von Trapp, an Austrian resistance hero
Rosemarie von Trapp was born on February 8, 1929 near Salzburg, the city of Mozart, in Austria.
She spent her childhood there with her nine brothers and sisters until 1938 when her family decided to leave for the United States after the Anschluss, that is to say the annexation of Austria by the Third Reich.
The head of the family, his father Captain von Trapp, an Austrian army officer had previously been pressured to collaborate with the German army.
His decision to emigrate with his family will become the symbol of his spirit of resistance to National Socialist ideology.
Very quickly, Captain Trapp and his family settled in Vermont and founded a choir, The Trapp Family Singers, which performed successfully in the United States.
And it is this incredible destiny that will serve as the framework for the scenario of
The Sound of Music,
directed by Robert Wise and inspired by the musical comedy which in the 1950s caused a sensation on Broadway.
Rosemarie Trapp will throughout her life defend the work of her father and his family.
She gave singing lessons, knitting and even wrote a column in a local Vermont newspaper that will magnify and explain her conception of happiness... Her melody of happiness.
The
Sound
of Music
by Robert Wise in 1965, with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer