Sixty years after “The Sound of Music” came out, the hills of Salzburg, Austria are still alive with the sound of music.

And the main storyline involves a nun-in-training turned governess who slowly warms the von Trapp family father to her as ...

Nealy 60 years later, the Oscar-winning movie continues to be a beloved classic — and it all began with the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, the real-life matriarch of the von Trapp family.

Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for “The Sound of Music,” died Feb. 18, at her ...

Culture critic: Why Austria Won’t Honor Maria von Trapp Yes, “The Sound of Music” is a heavily fictionalized version of the Trapp family story.

Maria von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died, her brother said Saturday.

Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.

Another difference: the von Trapp family was singing publicly for years before the German takeover of Austria. And forget about climbing every mountain!

Maria von Trapp, the last of the singing children portrayed in “The Sound of Music,” has died at 99 in Vermont.

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has ...

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Maria von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for “The Sound of Music,” has died, her brother said Saturday. Von ...