Trapp Family Singers

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The Trapp Family Singer were a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their native Austria during the interwar period. They also performed in the United States before emigrating there permanently to escape the deteriorating situation in Austria during World War II. In the United States, they became well known as the "Trapp Family Singers" until they ceased to perform as a unit in 1957. The family's story later served as the basis for a memoir, two German films, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical The Sound of Music.
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associatedWith Grand Theatre Collection (University of Guelph) corporateBody
correspondedWith Schang, F. C. person
hasMember Trapp, Georg von, 1880-1947 person
hasMember Trapp, Maria Augusta. person
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United States 00 US
Republic of Austria 00 AT
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