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Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Suggested by "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers"
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Show History
BLOOM AND GROW FOREVER: THE LEGACY OF THE SOUND OF MUSIC
By Bert Fink
Audrey Hepburn as Maria von Trapp?
In 1958, director Vincent J.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Background
Mary Martin, star of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC on Broadway and London, and star of the Rodgers & Hammerstein-produced national tour of ANNIE
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RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY—THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Ewen, David. Richard Rodgers, Holt, New York 1957
_____. With a Song in His Heart (Richard Rodgers), Holt, Rinehart
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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE:
A Look at The Sound of Music Today
In 1995 CNN devoted an in-depth story to the world’s on-going love affair with The Sound of Music. As the news report showed
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FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD
by Bert Fink
20th Century Fox, a once grand and glorious studio, had done very well by the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals: movie versions
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Awards
1960 Tony Awards- 8 Awards for the Original Broadway Production
- Musical, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday
- Authors (Musical), Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
- Composers, Richard Rodgers
- Actress (Musical), Mary Martin
- Actress, Supporting or Featured (Musical), Patricia Neway
- Conductor and Musical Director, Frederick Dvonch
- Scenic Designer, Oliver Smith
- Producer (Musical), Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday
1965 Academy Awards- 5 Awards for the Motion Picture
- Best Picture, Robert Wise
- Music (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment), Irwin Costal
- Directing, Robert Wise
- Sound, James P. Corcoran, Fred Hynes
- Film Editing, William Reynolds
1965 Golden Globe Awards- 2 Awards for the Motion Picture
- Picture (Musical Or Comedy), Robert Wise
- Actress In A Leading Role (Musical Or Comedy), Julie Andrews
1900 Writer's Guild of America- Best Written American Musical Film
Articles & Interviews
10/1/2005 Volume 13, Issue 1, Fall A GUIDE TO THE DVD SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION- THE SOUND OF MUSICMore than a year ago, R&H and Fox met to discuss the best way to celebrate THE SOUND OF MUSIC and to come up with a “must have” DVD edition.
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10/1/2004 Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall A LONG LONG WAY TO RUNIn May 2004, an American production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, billed as the most extensive tour ever of a Western musical in China, began performances at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
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1/1/1998 Volume 5, Issue 2, Winter DIRECTOR SUSAN H. SHULMAN GUIDES THE SOUND OF MUSIC BACK TO BROADWAY In February, THE SOUND OF MUSIC will return in its first-ever Broadway revival, directed by Susan H. Schulman, whose roster includes THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE at Encores! as well as such notable pro-ductions as THE SECRET GARDEN on Broadway, VIOLET Off-Broadway, SWEENEY TODD at the York Theatre and Broadway, and MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at the York.
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7/1/2001 Volume 8, Issue 3, Summer LIESL GOES TO THE MOVIESThe phenomenon of SING-A-LONG SOUND OF MUSIC has been reported in these pages before; one of its most ardent cheerleaders is Charmian Carr, the film's ""Liesl.""
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1/1/1994 Volume 1, Issue 2, Winter MARIE AS MARIAGrammy Award winning recording artist and television star Marie Osmond makes her stage debut as Maria von Trapp in a new national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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1/1/2004 Volume 11, Issue 2, Winter News from The R&H Theatre Library LET'S START AT THE VERY BEGINNINGThroughout last summer and fall, Broadway stars Maria Schaffel and Burke Moses lead a U.S. National Tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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7/1/1999 Volume 6, Issue 3, Summer SOMETHING GOOD: A NEW VON TRAPP LEADS THE SOUND OF MUSICThe Broadway revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC marked its first anniversary in March, with changes afoot in the von Trapp household
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1/1/2000 Volume 7, Issue 2, Winter The City of Music Discovers THE SOUND OF MUSICBert Fink, editor of this newsletter, visited Salzburg, Austria last fall. Once there, he couldn't get THE SOUND OF MUSIC out of his head.
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7/1/2005 Volume 12, Issue 3, Summer THE SOUND OF MUSIC COMES HOMEIt is late in the second act of a performance of THE SOUND OF MUSIC – the climactic Salzburg Festival sequence.
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1/1/2000 Volume 7, Issue 2, Winter THE SOUND OF MUSIC gets the ROCKY HORROR TreatmentAn edition of the midnight camp classic ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has been playing Friday nights in a little cinema off Leicester Square in London for years.
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7/1/1998 Volume 5,Issue 3, Summer THE SOUND OF MUSIC RETURNS TO BROADWAYBroadway became alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC - again - when its first revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein/Lindsay & Crouse classic opened at the Martin Beck Theatre earlier this spring.
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1/1/1998 Volume 5, Issue 2, Winter TO START AT THE VERY BEGINNING…R&H President Ted Chapin muses on THE SOUND OF MUSIC and the beginning at the end of the Rodgers & Hammerstein partnership
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4/14/2008 Summer Strallen Now Starring in The Sound of MusicStar of the British TV hit show, Hollyoaks, Summer Strallen has taken over the role of Maria in the production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, now playing at the London Palladium in the West End.
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7/28/2008 CBC TV Audience Chooses Their Maria to Star in THE SOUND OF MUSIC in TorontoCBC reality TV winner Elicia MacKenzie, selected by the Canadian public to star as Maria in Toronto’s new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Minutes after she learned the happy news, Elicia posed with R&H President Ted Chapin, and SOUND OF MUSIC producer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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8/5/2008 Around the WorldR&H's own Ted Chapin, Bert Fink and Victoria Traube recently traveled to Los Angeles, Salzburg, and Rio De Janeiro, respectively, and gave us their first-hand accounts of R&H's presence around the world.
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8/6/2008 Salzburg MarionettesWith beautifully hand-carved Austrian puppets performing to a specially-created soundtrack, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is currently playing in Salzburg until late September.
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4/12/2009 Rodgers & Hammerstein in the UKWhen President Obama visited Buckingham Palace earlier this spring, and presented Queen Elizabeth II with a copy of the 1951 RODGERS & HART SONGBOOK signed by the composer, the gift was perfectly in sync with Britain's on-going love affair with all things Rodgers.
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8/21/2009 Where the Sun Never SetsWhen asked what my job entails, and what I do on a typical day, I usually just think about what is going on that day and that week. Chances are there is a range, from specific decisions relating to current productions and uses of the copyrights (casting approval, for example, on major productions) to long‑term ideas that will take time to nurture.
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8/21/2009 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Across The GlobeThe hills are alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC -- all over the world, it seems.
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11/12/2009 Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!Monday, November 16, marks the 50th Anniversary of the Broadway premiere for the most beloved musical of all time, THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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Critic Quotes
"A splendid, entertainment . . . You realize what masters Rodgers & Hammerstein were."
Wall Street Journal, 1998
"An irresistible score that's always in tune!"
Entertainment Weekly, 2001
"The loveliest musical imaginable...the dialogue is vibrant and amusing in a plot that rises to genuine excitement."
New York Telegram And Sun, 1959
"The sentiments of THE SOUND OF MUSIC are genuine and are presented, unabashedly and effectively, in the show's music, lyrics and dialogue...It is uplifting theater, appealing successfully and without apology to the better side of our natures."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1994
"It's not just the perfect compatibility of music and lyrics that makes audiences flock unremittingly to THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The show can jerk tears from even the driest of eyes. And if that isn't enough, there's the opportunity for a gaggle of children to mesmerise with their talents and charisma. It's a near- perfect recipe."
Peter Brown, LondonTheatre
"The show has considerable integrity and has weathered the years so well."
Michael Billington, The Guardian
Facts & Figures
- January 26, 1905 Maria Augusta Kutschera Trapp (Maria von Trapp) is born aboard a train in the Tirol, Austria. The story of her early life serves as the inspiration for THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
- October 3, 1959 The world premiere of THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented at the Shubert Theatre, New Haven.
- October 15, 1959 Oscar Hammerstein II begins work on ""Edelweiss," his 1,589th and last lyric written for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. It is completed on October 21 and goes into the show during its pre-Broadway tryout in Boston.
- November 6, 1959 THE SOUND OF MUSIC opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York.
- April 24, 1960 At the 14th annual Tony Awards THE SOUND OF MUSIC receives five, including Best Actress (Mary Martin) and, for the first time in Tony history, shares a tie for Best Musical (with FIORELLO).
- February 27, 1961 The national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC starring Florence Henderson begins at the Riviera Theatre, Detroit, and plays in 35 cities before closing at the O'Keefe Center, Toronto, on Novembr 23, 1963.
- May 18, 1961 The SOUND OF MUSIC opens at the Palace Theatre, London.
- June 15, 1963 THE SOUND OF MUSIC closes at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, after 1,443 performances.
- July 5, 1964 Director Robert Wise and his SOUND OF MUSIC cast and crew wrap up eleven weeks of shooting on location in and around Salzburg, Austria.
- March 2, 1965 Twentieth Century Fox premieres the movie version of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, at the Rivoli Theatre, New York, where it plays for a record-setting 93 weeks. The movie's initial U.S. release lasts four-and-a-half years, and from 1966 to 1972 THE SOUND OF MUSIC is cited by Variety as "All-Time Box Office Champion." It remains the most popular movie musical ever made.
- April 18, 1966 At the 38th annual Academy Awards, THE SOUND OF MUSIC receives five Oscars including Best Picture of the Year.
- January 14, 1967 THE SOUND OF MUSIC finished its run at the Palace Theatre, London, after six years and 2,385 performances - the longest running American musical in British theatrical history.
- August 23, 1990 In celebration of THE SOUND OF MUSIC's silver anniversary, Twentieth Century Fox hosts a gala screening/ reunion for director Robert Wise, star Julie Andrews, and other members of the cast in Los Angeles; the movie is sudsequently rereleased for a limited engagement in Los Angeles and New York.
Rental Materials
| Rehearsal Set (22 Books, 1 Logo CD) |
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20 Libretto-Vocal Books
| 1 Logo CD
| 2 PIANO VOCAL SCORE
| | | | Orchestra Package (25 Books) |
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1 PIANO VOCAL SCORE
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II (Doubling Piccolo)
| 1 OBOE (Doubling English Horn)
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I
| 1 HORN II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I
| 1 TRUMPET II
| 1 TRUMPET III
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 TUBA
| 1 PERCUSSION
| 1 GUITAR (Doubling Mandolin)
| 1 HARP
| 1 OPTIONAL PIANO
| 1 VIOLIN I (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN II (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLA (Divisi)
| 1 CELLO (Divisi)
| 1 BASS
| | | | Two Piano Arrangement (2 Act I, 2 Act I) |
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2 TWO PIANO ARRANGMENT - Act I
| 2 TWO PIANO ARRANGEMENT - Act II
| | | | Libretto/Vocal Books 10 pack |
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10 Libretto-Vocal Books
| | | | "I Have Confidence" Orch (27 Books) |
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3 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II (Doubling Piccolo)
| 1 OBOE
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I
| 1 HORN II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I
| 1 TRUMPET II
| 1 TRUMPET III
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 TUBA
| 1 PERCUSSION
| 1 GUITAR
| 1 HARP
| 1 OPTIONAL PIANO
| 1 VIIOLIN I
| 1 VIOLIN II
| 1 VIOLA
| 1 CELLO
| 1 BASS
| | | | "Something Good" Orchestration (28 Books) |
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4 Piano Conductor Score
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II (Doubling Piccolo)
| 1 OBOE
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I
| 1 HORN II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I
| 1 TRUMPET II
| 1 TRUMPET III
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 TUBA
| 1 PERCUSSION
| 1 GUITAR
| 1 HARP
| 1 OPTIONAL PIANO
| 1 VIOLIN I (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN II (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLA (Divisi)
| 1 CELLO (Divisi)
| 1 BASS
| | | | "The Sound of Music", Key of F (28 Books) |
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1 BASS
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 CELLO (Divisi)
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 ENGLISH HORN
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II (Doubling Piccolo)
| 1 FULL SCORE
| 1 GUITAR
| 1 HORN I
| 1 HORN II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 HARP
| 1 OPTIONAL PIANO
| 3 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE
| 1 PERCUSSION
| 1 TRUMPET I (Bb)
| 1 TRUMPET II (Bb)
| 1 TRUMPET III (Bb)
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 TUBA
| 1 VIOLA (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN I (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN II (Divisi)
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Writer's Notes
1976, Mary Martin, My Heart BelongsIf there was ever a triumph of audience over critics, it was THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I played in this wonderful show for more than two years, from 1959 almost into 1962. It is still playing somewhere in the world, and it will still be playing long after everybody who worked on the original version has vanished from the earth. From the beginning to end, and all over the world—the United States, Australia, England, wherever it played—most of the critics and the intellectuals in the audience found it impossibly sweet. But audiences loved it. No matter how critical the reviews were, they didn't keep the people out—they pulled them in. It seems improbable that there is any living soul who doesn't know the story of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but in case there are a few, it was about a very lively young Catholic postulant in Austria who was sent to be governess to the seven children of a widower, Captain von Trapp. The postulant fell in love first with the children, then with the captain. She left the abbey to marry him, and in a dramatic finale the whole family climbed over the Alps to escape from Nazi invaders of Austria just before the Second World War. It is a true story. The real live protagonists made their way to the United States [and] became famous as the Trapp Family Singers. We were all preoccupied with the problem of how to do this very touching story without being oversentimental in the scenes with the children, or melodramatic in the scenes of the decision to leave Austria and escape over the mountains. It was a problem never solved for the critics. But oh, the music, the joy! I remember the first time I heard the song 'Do-Re-Mi,' in which Maria taught the children the musical scale. I heard it with Dick playing the melody, Oscar singing the simple, beautiful, rhymed lyrics he had written. It was a revelation. Here, I thought, is perfect communication. It communicated so well that it turned out to be an international success. From My Heart Belongs, Warner Books, Copyright 1976 by Mary Martin Halliday
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1. Preludium (The Nuns Of the Nonnberg Abbey)
5. My Favorite Things (Reprise) (Maria and Mother Abbess)
