The Sound of Music

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The Sound of Music is a beloved mid-20th-century stage musical and film about the von Trapp family, renowned for its memorable songs and enduring popularity.

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The Sound of Music canonical 85
The Sound of Music (1965 film) 38
The Sound of Music (stage musical) 27

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
film
musical film
stage musical
basedOn Maria von Trapp
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
BroadwayOpeningYear 1959
BroadwayProducer Howard Lindsay
Leland Hayward
Richard Halliday
BroadwayTonyAward Best Musical
BroadwayTonyAwardYear 1960
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact one of the most popular musicals of the 20th century
filmAcademyAward Best Director
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
Best Picture
Best Sound
filmAcademyAwardsYear 1966
filmCaptainActor Christopher Plummer
filmDirector Robert Wise
filmFormat Todd-AO
filmMariaActress Julie Andrews
filmProducer Robert Wise
filmReleaseYear 1965
filmRuntimeMinutes 174
filmScreenwriter Ernest Lehman
filmStudio 20th Century Fox
firstPerformanceCity New York City
firstPerformanceDate 1959-11-16
firstPerformancePlace Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
genre biographical film
drama
musical
romantic musical
hasCharacter Baroness Elsa Schraeder
Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music
surface form: Captain Georg von Trapp

Liesl
surface form: Liesl von Trapp

Maria Rainer
Max Detweiler
Mother Abbess
hasSong Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Do-Re-Mi
Edelweiss
Maria (song)
My Favorite Things
Sixteen Going on Seventeen
So Long, Farewell
Something Good
The Sound of Music self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Sound of Music (song)
historicalEventContext Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss
language English
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
notableFor enduring popularity
memorable songs
notableTheme family
love
music
resistance to Nazism
originalBroadwayCaptainActor Theodore Bikel
originalBroadwayMariaActress Mary Martin
settingLocation Austria
Salzburg
subject von Trapp family
timePeriodSetting late 1930s

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Sixteen Going on Seventeen featuredInFilm The Sound of Music
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Maria (from "The Sound of Music") appearsIn The Sound of Music
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Maria (from "The Sound of Music") appearsIn The Sound of Music
subject surface form: Maria Rainer
this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (stage musical)
Maria (from "The Sound of Music") appearsIn The Sound of Music
subject surface form: Maria Rainer
this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (1965 film)
Maria (from "The Sound of Music") singsSong The Sound of Music
subject surface form: Maria Rainer
Maria (from "The Sound of Music") firstAppearance The Sound of Music
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this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (1959 Broadway musical)
I Have Confidence partOfWork The Sound of Music
this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (film)
I Have Confidence partOfWork The Sound of Music
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I Have Confidence originallyWrittenFor The Sound of Music
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I Have Confidence firstAppearanceInFilm The Sound of Music
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I Have Confidence basedOnWork The Sound of Music
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I Have Confidence includedIn The Sound of Music
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I Have Confidence notInOriginalStageVersion The Sound of Music
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The Lonely Goatherd partOfWork The Sound of Music
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The Lonely Goatherd featuredIn The Sound of Music
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The Lonely Goatherd associatedFranchise The Sound of Music
An Ordinary Couple partOfWork The Sound of Music
An Ordinary Couple fromMusical The Sound of Music
Stay notableWork The Sound of Music
subject surface form: Richard Rodgers
My Favorite Things partOfMusical The Sound of Music
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My Favorite Things associatedWork The Sound of Music
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Theme from "The Sound of Music" (revised) includedIn The Sound of Music
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Theme from "The Sound of Music" (revised) includedIn The Sound of Music
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Do-Re-Mi partOfMusical The Sound of Music
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Do-Re-Mi includedOnSoundtrack The Sound of Music
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Do-Re-Mi includedOnSoundtrack The Sound of Music
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No Way to Stop It partOf The Sound of Music
No Way to Stop It partOf The Sound of Music
this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (stage musical)
So Long, Farewell partOf The Sound of Music
So Long, Farewell partOf The Sound of Music
this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (stage musical)
So Long, Farewell partOf The Sound of Music
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So Long, Farewell usedIn The Sound of Music
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