The last Trapp Family daughter has died, at 93

The last Trapp Family daughter has died, at 93

RIP

norman lebrecht

May 19, 2022

Rosmarie Trapp is no more.

The Sound of Music will last forever.

‘We chose America because it was the furthest away from Hitler,’ she said.

Comments

  • Herr Doktor says:
    May 19, 2022 at 2:48 pm

    The movie “The Sound of Music” is complete and utter fiction, involving a real family that had real names, but little else is accurate about it.

    For example, Agathe von Trapp died in 2010 at the age of 97. She is “Liesl.” If one reads the obituaries carefully, one can see she never married. Rather, she had a “friend,” a woman, who she lived with for I believe 50+ years, and they also had a business together–a nursery school and/or day care business, if memory serves me correctly.

    Or as I like to tell friends, Liesl’s being betrayed by Rolf was so traumatic, so earth-shattering to her psyche, that she ran into the arms of another woman for comfort, and never left.

    (or perhaps Liesl was really a lesbian, but that fact got cut out of the script.)

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  • opilec says:
    May 19, 2022 at 3:07 pm

    I watched ‘The Sound of Music’ once, and it did indeed seem to last forever…

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    • Bone says:
      May 20, 2022 at 1:49 am

      That’s two commenters in a row crapping on a story. A STORY!!! Yes, certainly some true elements, but…Hollywood! Heavens, some of you must be amongst the most miserable wretches in the loneliest hovels to be so full of bile.
      RIP Rosmarie

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    • Sar Peladan says:
      May 20, 2022 at 3:59 am

      What a tasteless remark. When you say that about a movie masterpiece, such as Gone With The Wind, then you know that something is wrong with you, not the movie.

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  • Micaelo Cassetti says:
    May 19, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    Personally, I prefer “The Sound of Edna,” which was just one LP. “The night we burnt my mother’s things” helped me through a traumatic period.

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  • Petros Linardos says:
    May 20, 2022 at 1:54 pm

    The real Trapp family story is very fascinating, though tragic in many respects. Interestingly, many of the Captain’s children are on record for learning to embrace, even take advantage of the fame thrust upon them from Hollywood.

    Here is a charming video from the real Trapps:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdFHBOwMOE

    The Trapp Family Lodge seems to be thriving in Vermont. Personally I sometimes enjoy the wonderful cheeses they make.

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  • Sharon says:
    May 21, 2022 at 1:21 pm

    The actor who played Captain Von Trapp hated the film because he thought it was so corny. Years later he called it “The Sound of Mucus”
    I understand that Captain Von Trapp was a pioneer of submarine warfare for the German side during WWI. However the oldest son who was played as an arrogant jerk in the movie became a doctor who courageously refused to take the place of a Jew who was fired for his post. That, and the fact that they refused to sing for Hitler, was the reason that they had to flee.
    The whole purpose of the Trapp Family Singers, in addition to supporting the family during the terrible economic depression after WWI in both Germany and Austria, both before and after their exile was to promote Austrian culture as a separate culture and country. I have read that at one point, long after the time of the Sound of Music, Maria von Trapp and one of her sons were missionaries in the Phillipines. They used to wear Tyrolean clothes there!
    Is there a son who is still alive? Maria von Trapp I believe had 4 biological kids with Captain Von Trapp (sorry, I forget his name). The youngest I believe was born in the US in 1932.
    I have read that Maria von Trapp was a tough tamale who was quite strict with the kids (although she would have to be; she was widowed before 1940 with a lot of children who were still minors), not the sweet smiling Suzy depicted in the film.

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