The Sound of Music

 

The Sound of Music

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This article is about the stage musical. For the film, see The Sound of Music (film). For other uses, see The Sound of Music (disambiguation).

The Sound of Music
Original cast recording
Music	Richard Rodgers
Lyrics	Oscar Hammerstein II
Book	Howard Lindsay Russel Crouse
Basis	1956 German film Die Trapp-Familie and Maria von Trapp's autobiography The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
Productions	1959 Broadway 1961 West End 1961 Melbourne 1965 Film 1981 West End revival 1993 Stockholm 1995 Tel Aviv 1998 Broadway revival 2006 West End revival 2009 Brazil 2009–11 UK Tour 2009 Paris 2011 Buenos Aires 2011 Moscow 2011–12 Manila
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical

The Sound of Music (1959) is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", and the title song "The Sound of Music".

The original Broadway production,^[1] starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened on November 16, 1959; the show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards. The Sound of Music was the final musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Hammerstein died of cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere.