Interview with Maria Von Trapp Thomas Calcagni, interviewer.

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Interview with Maria Von Trapp Thomas Calcagni, interviewer.

1977

http://catalog.vermonthistory.org/V92022/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=4635147

Consists of a transcription of an interview by Thomas Calcagni with Maria Von Trapp on 25 June 1977 entitled "The Trapp Family sincers' musical program: reaction to and from American audiences." Other topics include the Trapp family music camp at Stowe, Vermont and Maria Von Trapp's philosphy of life.

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eng, Latn

Vermont Historical Society

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Trapp, Maria Augusta, 1905-1987

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Singer and matriach of von Trapp Family; inspiration for "The Sound of Music." Born Maria Augusta Kutschera on a train enroute to Vienna, Austria; she was raised as a socialist and atheist. Her attitude changed while in college, when she entered a crowded church believing she was about to hear a Bach concert, only to find that it was a sermon by a visiting Jesuit priest, Father Kronseder. In 1924, she entered the Nonnberg Benedictine Convent intending to become a nun, but in 1926, she was sent t...