Nealy 60 years later, the Oscar-winning movie continues to be a beloved classic — and it all began with the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, the real-life matriarch of the von Trapp family.

Do you love "The Sound of Music," the award-winning movie musical released in 1965? Well, you might love it even more when you learn the true story behind the Julie Andrews classic. Maria and the ...

Mulberry St. Appearing were Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp and her seven daughters. This was THE von Trapp family event which began our search. A review of their performance by Blanche Zink ...

The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky Mount is gearing up to hold a special event starring a bona fide family member ... singer Elisabeth von Trapp, the granddaughter of Maria and Georg von ...

PLEASE, Mum. No more twirling,” says my daughter. But too late. The ghost of Maria Von Trapp has taken control of my limbs and I’m pirouetting across cobblestone streets singing, “High on a hill ...

Elisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose lives inspired the classic film “The Sound of Music” ...

She meets locals with memories of Maria Von Trapp and discovers her astonishing drive and determination that drove the family to become a travelling singing troop living on a tour bus for 22 weeks ...

The movie recounts the story of the von Trapp family, and the novice nun Maria who serves as governess of the seven children, and later (spoiler alert) marries their father only to have to flee ...

Once the home of Maria von Trapp, (who was immortalized in The Sound of Music), her progeny still oversee the inn, and she is buried on the property. Captain von Trapp and six of the family's ...