The Sound of Music

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Broadway musical film musical film stage musical

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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Observed surface forms (33)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Sound of Music (1965 film)	14
The Sound of Music (stage musical)	10
The Sound of Music (1965 film soundtrack)	4
The Sound of Music (film)	4
The Sound of Music (original cast recording)	4
The Sound of Music (1965 film adaptation)	3
The Sound of Music Live!	3
The Sound of Music (1959 Broadway musical)	2
The Sound of Music (film soundtrack)	2
The Sound of Music (franchise)	2
The Sound of Music (song)	2
The Sound of Music (stage production)	2
The Sound of Music franchise	2
stage musical The Sound of Music	2
Act I of The Sound of Music	1
The Sound of Music (1959 stage musical)	1
The Sound of Music (Broadway production)	1
The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)	1
The Sound of Music (as studio executive at 20th Century Fox)	1
The Sound of Music (film soundtrack album)	1
The Sound of Music (orchestration)	1
The Sound of Music (original Broadway production)	1
The Sound of Music (original stage score)	1
The Sound of Music (popular song)	1
The Sound of Music (region scenes)	1
The Sound of Music (stage and screen adaptations)	1
The Sound of Music (standard)	1
The Sound of Music West End production	1
The Sound of Music film soundtrack	1
The Sound of Music original Broadway production	1
The Sound of Music original cast recording	1
The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack Recording	1
musical "The Sound of Music"	1

Statements (67)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

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Shirley Jones (in some stage productions) → performedIn → The Sound of Music ⓘ

subject surface form: Shirley Jones

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (stage production)

Neil Meron → producerOf → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music Live!

Maria (from "The Sound of Music") → singsSong → The Sound of Music ⓘ

subject surface form: Maria Rainer

Anif → usedAsFilmLocation → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (region scenes)

So Long, Farewell → usedIn → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music original Broadway production

So Long, Farewell → usedIn → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music West End production

So Long, Farewell → usedIn → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (1965 film adaptation)

Theme from "The Sound of Music" (revised) → usedIn → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (film soundtrack)

Something Good → writtenFor → The Sound of Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Sound of Music (1965 film adaptation)