A brief guide to The sound of music / Paul Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Paul, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (State)--New York.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Sound of music.

Rodgers, Richard.

Sound of music (Motion picture).

Trapp family.

Trapp Family Singers.

Sound of music (Rodgers, Richard).

Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

Musicals.

Musical films--History and criticism.

Musical films.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Sound of music

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Running Press Book Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

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].

Contents:

The true story of the von Trapp Family Singers

The Trapp Family Singers on stage

The Trapp Family get Wise

The Trapp Family get animated

The Trapp Family Singers live again!

Notes:

"50 years of the legendary musical and the family who inspired it"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-256).

ISBN:

0762456140

9780762456147

9781472118745

147211874X

OCLC:

884814372

Publisher Number:

90100727435