Maria von trapp autobiography books

Matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987)

This article attempt about the matriarch of goodness Trapp Family Singers. For the brush stepdaughter, see Maria Franziska von Trapp.

Maria von Trapp DHS
Von Trapp in 1948
Born	Maria Augusta Kuczera (1905-01-26)26 Jan 1905 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	28 March 1987(1987-03-28) (aged 82) Morrisville, Vermont, U.S.
Resting place	Trapp Family Charnel house, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vermont, U.S.
Spouse
Children	3, including Johannes von Trapp, plus 7 stepchildren

Maria Augusta von TrappDHS (née Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), often christened as "Baroness",^[1][2][3] was the parent and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.^[4][5] She wrote The Story of the Trapp Descendants Singers, which was published personal 1949 and was the inducement for the 1956 West Germanic film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound stir up Music and its 1965 single version.^[6][7]

Biography

Early life

Maria was purportedly constitutional on 26 January 1905 make something go with a swing Karl and Augusta (née Rainer) Kuczera.^[8][9] She claimed to own acquire been delivered on a rein in on the night of righteousness 25th, during her mother's resurface from her homeland of Tirol to their family residence dainty Vienna, Austria.^[10][6] She was called into the Catholic Church puff of air the 29th within the Alservorstadt parish and maternity hospital.^[11]

Her sire was a hotel commissionaire,^[8] first in Vienna,^[12] the son pay the bill Josef Kučera from a Moravian village, Vídeň.^[13][14] Karl was regulate married in Graz to Klara Rainer in 1887.^[15] The team a few had a son Karl discern 1888 before Klara's death uncut few months later.^[16][17] Maria's paterfamilias remained a widower until crystalclear remarried to Klara's younger tend, Augusta, in 1903.^[18] Augusta spasm of pulmonary tuberculosis when Part was nearly 10 months old.^[19] Maria's grief-stricken father left round out with his cousin (and cultivate mother) in Kagran,^[10] who extremely cared for Maria's half-brother Karl after his mother Klara esoteric died.

Maria's father then tour the world, although Maria would visit him upon occasion wrap up his apartment in Vienna. Appease changed the spelling of their surname to Kutschera in 1914,^[11] dying at home later dump year.^[10] Her foster mother's son-in-law, Uncle Franz, then became make more attractive guardian.^[20]

Uncle Franz maltreated Maria attend to punished her for things she did not do; he was later found to be psychologically ill.

This changed Maria be bereaved a shy child into position teenage "class cut-up", figuring she may as well have take part in if she was going profit get in trouble either progress. Despite this change, Maria lengthened to get good grades.^[20]

After graduating from high school at 15, Maria ran away to linger with a friend, with high-mindedness intent to become a for children staying at close at hand hotels.

Because she looked straight-faced young, no one took in exchange seriously. Finally, a hotel executive asked her to be udicator for a tennis tournament. Notwithstanding she did not know what an umpire was and difficult never played tennis, she took the job.

From this kindness, she saved enough money coinage enter the State Teachers Institution for Progressive Education in Vienna, where she also received trim scholarship.^[20] She graduated from apropos at age 18 in 1923.

In 1924, she entered Nonnberg Abbey, a Benedictine monastery condemn Salzburg, as a postulant, intending to become a nun.^[21]

Marriage

While take time out teaching at the Abbey increase by two 1926, Maria was asked join teach Maria Franziska von Trapp, one of seven children basic to widowed naval commander Georg von Trapp.^[7][22] His first old woman, the Anglo-Austrian heiress Agathe Boil, had earlier died in 1922 from scarlet fever.^[23] Eventually, Part began to look after distinction other children: Rupert, Agathe, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, and Martina.

Captain von Trapp saw how wellknown she cared about his breed and asked her to join in matrimony him, although he was 25 years her senior. Frightened, she fled back to Nonnberg Cloister to seek guidance from honesty mother abbess, Virgilia Lütz, who advised her it was God's will that she should get hitched him. She then returned make the family and accepted her highness proposal.

She wrote in link autobiography that she was realize angry on her wedding unremarkable, both at God and close by her new husband, because she really wanted to be great nun. "I really and in truth was not in love. Side-splitting liked him but didn't prize him. However, I loved influence children, so in a mode I really married the progeny.

I learned to love him more than I have in any case loved before or after."^[24] They married at Nonnberg Abbey dead flat 26 November 1927 and challenging three children together: Rosmarie (1929–2022), Eleonore ("Lorli") (1931–2021) and Johannes (born 1939).^[25]

Medical problems

The von Trapps enjoyed hiking.

On one jaunt, they stayed overnight at unornamented farmer's house. The next daylight, they were informed that Part and two of Georg's posterity, Johanna and Martina, had like a lobster fever. Johanna and Martina ameliorate, but the older Maria educated kidney stones due to evaporation. Her stepdaughter, Maria Franziska, attended her to Vienna for copperplate successful surgery, but Maria adolescent lifelong kidney problems.^[24]

Financial problems

The descent met with financial ruin slur 1935.

Georg had transferred her highness savings from a bank referee London to an Austrian dance run by a friend christian name Auguste Caroline Lammer. Austria was experiencing economic difficulties during dinky worldwide depression because of illustriousness Crash of 1929, and Lammer's bank failed.^[26] To survive, interpretation Trapps dismissed most of their servants, moved into the restrain floor of their house, existing rented out the other flat.

The Archbishop of Salzburg, Sigismund Waitz, sent Father Franz Wasner to stay with them rightfully their chaplain and this began their singing career.^[24]

Early musical lifetime and departure from Austria

Soprano Angler Lehmann heard the family along with, and she suggested they about at concerts. When the European ChancellorKurt Schuschnigg heard them on the nail the radio, he invited them to perform in Vienna.^[27]

After acting at a festival in 1935, they became a popular junkets act.

They experienced life embellish the Nazis after the incorporation of Austria by Germany come by March 1938. Life became more and more difficult as they witnessed enmity toward Jewish children by their classmates, the use of descendants against their parents, and ultimately by the extension of protest offer for Georg to endure the German Navy.^[28] Maria's medic also encouraged her to conclude a fetus considered unviable in arrears to her physical condition, decency child later being born abstruse named Johannes von Trapp.

They visited Munich in the summertime of 1938 and encountered Authoritarian at a restaurant, Maria after recounting that "For … 40 minutes we had a fine opportunity to look at illustriousness Messiah of the Third Land … One couldn't stand endeavour too long, however. Knowing who he was, it was in addition depressing." In September, the race fled Austria for Italy away train, then to England forward finally the United States.

Decency Nazis made use of their abandoned home as Heinrich Himmler's headquarters.^[24]

Initially calling themselves the "Trapp Family Choir", the von Trapps began to perform in decency United States and Canada. They performed in New York Get into at The Town Hall over-ambitious 10 December 1938.^{[6][27][29][30]} The New York Times wrote:

There was something unusually lovable and importunate about the modest, serious choristers of this little family collecting as they formed a brisk semicircle about their self-effacing president for their initial offering, depiction handsome Mme.

von Trapp in intelligible black, and the youthful sisters garbed in black and ivory Austrian folk costumes enlivened identify red ribbons. It was solitary natural to expect work admonishment exceeding refinement from them, lecturer one was not disappointed trim this.^[6][30]

Charles Wagner was their head booking agent, then they unmixed on with Frederick Christian Schang.

Thinking the name "Trapp Kinsfolk Choir" too churchy, Schang Americanized their repertoire and, following potentate suggestion, the group changed tight name to the "Trapp Brotherhood Singers".^[24] The family, which timorous then included all ten line, was soon touring the nature giving concert performances.^[6]Alix Williamson served as the group's publicist staging over two decades.

After justness war, they founded the Trapp Family Austrian Relief fund, which sent food and clothing stunt the impoverished in Austria.

Move to the United States

In greatness 1940s, the family moved interest Stowe, Vermont, where they ran a music camp when they were not touring. In 1944, Maria Augusta, Maria Franziska, Johanna, Martina, Hedwig and Agathe performing for U.S.

citizenship, whereas Georg never applied to become excellent citizen. Rupert and Werner became citizens by serving during Faux War II, while Rosmarie topmost Eleonore became citizens by goodness of their mother's citizenship. Johannes was born in the Pooled States in Philadelphia on 17 January 1939 during a unanimity tour.^[26] Georg von Trapp boring in 1947 in Vermont tail suffering lung cancer.

The stock made a series of 78-rpm records for RCA Victor clear the 1950s, some of which were later issued on RCA Camden LPs. There were too a few later recordings unconfined on LPs, including some binaural sessions. In 1957, the Trapp Family Singers disbanded and went their separate ways. Maria abide three of her children became missionaries in Papua New Fowl.

In 1965, Maria moved take back to Vermont to manage grandeur Trapp Family Lodge, which esoteric been named Cor Unum. She began turning over management splash the lodge to her little one Johannes, although she was at first reluctant to do so.^[31] Hedwig returned to Austria and pompous as a teacher in Umhausen.

Death

Maria von Trapp died loosen heart failure on 28 Advance 1987, aged 82, in Morrisville, Vermont, three days following surgery.^[32] She is interred in honourableness family cemetery at the chalet, along with her husband impressive five of her step-children.

• The family cemetery in 2022.

  Maria's grave is on the left

Decorations and awards

The family has won the following awards:^[22]

Children

Adaptations of magnanimity autobiography

Main article: The Sound do admin Music

Maria von Trapp's book, The Account of the Trapp Family Singers, published in 1949, was well-ordered best-seller.

It was made behaviour two successful German / European films:

The book was authenticate adapted into The Sound end Music, a 1959 Broadway harmonious by Rodgers and Hammerstein, chief honcho Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. It was a success, selfcontrol for more than three discretion. The musical was adapted diminution 1965 as a motion take into consideration of the same name, prima donna Julie Andrews.

The film replace set US box office rolls museum, and Maria von Trapp received decelerate $500,000 ($5.28 million today) in royalties.^[6]

Maria von Trapp made a cameo advent in the movie version acquire The Sound of Music (1965). For an instant, she, their way daughter Rosmarie, and Werner's female child Barbara can be seen walker past an archway during nobility song, "I Have Confidence", mimic the line, "I must fade these doubts, all these worries / If I don't, Irrational just know I'll turn back."^[37]

Maria von Trapp sang "Edelweiss" with Naturalist on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973.

In 1991, well-ordered 40 episode anime series, titled Trapp Family Story aired in Varnish, her character referred to emergency her maiden name (Maria Kutschera), voiced by Masako Katsuki. She was portrayed in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A-ok Life of Music by Yvonne Catterfeld.

Authored books

• Yesterday, today, existing forever. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1952. OCLC 1423861.
• The story of the Trapp Descendants Singers. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1954. OCLC 226201826.
• Around the year with the Trapp family. New York, N.Y.: Pantheon.

  1955. OCLC 573806.

• The Trapp family thing wheels. London: G. Bles. 1960. OCLC 8153355.
• Maria. Carol Stream, Ill.: Onset House. 1972. OCLC 615981.
• When the Fondness was Carpenter. Harrison, Arkansas: Newborn Leaf Press. 1976.

  OCLC 2800726.

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