The Sound of Music is a timeless classic that has captivated the attention of many ages. Based off the beginning events of Maria von Trapp’s book The Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, the overall view of the Von Trapp family in the film is kept intact. Maria Augusta Kutschera joined the family in 1926 as a tutor to the children and later married their father, former Navy officer, Georg von Trapp. As World War II progressed, the family became more well known for their musical talent, which was the focus of The Sound of Music. However, the film includes only a part of the story of the Von Trapp family. After the family left Austria during the Nazi invasion in 1938, the Von Trapp Family Singers continued to tour throughout Europe and the …show more content…
In reality, Maria came to work as a tutor for the Von Trapp family in 1926, which is 12 years before the Nazi invasion of Austria when the family left for Italy. Maria and Georg married in 1927. Another detail changed from history for entertainment purposes was the number of children, including their ages, names, and genders. However, three of the ten Von Trapp children were children from Maria and Georg’s marriage and would not be a part of the story that occurred leading up to their marriage. Rosmarie and Eleonore, while they were born before the Von Trapps were the family left Austria, were not included most likely due to the altered timeline in The Sound of Music. When Maria arrived to the Von Trapp home, the children did have some musical background as Georg was able to play multiple instruments and would sing with the children. This is unlike how movie makers portrayed the Von Trapp children and the Captain to be a structured household. Maria did teach the children how to sing madrigals, multi-part songs. When the family departed Austria, family and friends were aware of their exit. In the film interpretation, The Sound of Music showed the family escaping in secret while hiding in the abbey and later taking a path through the Alps with all of their luggage and musical instruments. While many minute details were changed within the movie, the family won first …show more content…
The Von Trapp Family Singers continued to prosper in their widespread popularity once in the United States. The family ceased their performances due to many non-family members replacing family members who were no longer interested in 1955. Since then, the family still runs the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe,
Gluckel's memoir enables a reader to gain an understanding of what a widowed Jewish woman would face in Christian dominated Germany both from a personal and public perspective throughout seventeenth and eighteenth century. Throughout her memoirs Gluckel describes the worries that a mother would have over her children, her relations with both her first and second husband while addressing the responsibilities she faced as a businesswoman. Gluckel arranged her life narrative in seven books. The first four books and the opening section of the fifth book have been written consecutively in the months or year of mourning after Haim's (her first husbands) death in 1689. The rest of Book 5 was written during the decade of the 1690's but given final form after her second marriage. The sixth book was written in 1702 or shortly afterward, during the initial shock of Hirsch Levy's (Gluckel's second husbands) bankruptcy in Metz, and the seventh and final book was composed in 1715, during her second widowhood, with a final paragraph from 1719 before her death. Gluckel has conveniently broken down her narratives in seven books, which help the reader clearly identify with individual aspects occurring in her life. In her memoirs Gluckel thoroughly encompasses a social, cultural and economical perspective about her life as a Jewish woman while contrasting it to Christian ways which dominated Germany during both 17th and 18th century.
In the film the music is very important. At the beginning it is set at
Pachelbel started a family in Erfurt; after the early death of his first wife and their
Meip Geis was born in Vienna on February 15, 1909, as Hermine Santruschitz and was one of two children being brought up by financially unstable parents in the time of World War I. She was under nourished for the majority of her life and finally in 1920 she was awarded to go to the Netherlands. It was part of a program for children of working class Austrian citizens and because of her undernourished state, she was allowed to go. She moved in with the Lauren Nieuwenburg and his five children where she went to school and was taken care of as a foster child. It was when she was living with this family that she acquired her new nick name “Meip.” At the age of sixteen, the Neiuwenburgs' took Meip to see her birth family in Vienna. When she returned, she was afraid to be left at their home in Vienna, and with great understanding that she had gotten used to the Dutch way of living, her mother allowed her to go return back to Amsterdam with her foster family. When Meip turned eighteen, she pursued a career as an office assistant which she did for the rest of her career.
For this essay I will be looking at the work of Hans Zimmer to discuss how music in film engages the viewer and evokes emotion and pulls the viewer toward the film. Hans Zimmer is a German born music composer. Hans Zimmer’s love of music stems from his childhood when he learned how to play various instruments. Before Zimmer began composing music for films he was in a well-known band. The band was called The Buggles whom were famous for their song Video Killed the Radio Star. After the Buggles Zimmer played in other bands but never had another hit. As Zimmer has progressed as a film composer so has his list of nominations and awards. Zimmer has won 4 Grammy Awards and 2 Golden Globes and many more for his outstanding film scores. The reason I chose to write this essay on Zimmer was that his genres and music score are extremely versatile ranging from animations to comedy to dark thrillers. This is important to highlight as it shows Zimmer can create almost any atmosphere with his music whether it be sad or creating tension that all cause us to engage with the film. Zimmer's use of themes and introduction of different instruments allowed him to create these wonderful engaging film score. In this essay I will look at three films by Hans Zimmer these are The Holiday Rush and Rain Man.
Mozart’s father Leopold Mozart was a somewhat know composer and violinist who recognized Wolfgang’s talent for the piano early in his life. The father quit his job to make sure that his son could meet the best musical education possible, however he was not only thinking of the well-being of his son, he was also focusing on the financial benefits that could come from his young prodigy son. Wolfgang also had a very musically talented sister, Maria Anna; their father took them both on concert tours all over Europe, starting when Wolfgang was six years old. Maria Anna eventually decided to quit touring, possibly because she lived under her brothers shadow, and realized that, because she was a woman, her musical opportunities were limited. While Wolfgang was touring Europe, his mother became very ill...
In the 1959 movie, The Diary of Anne Frank, a jewish family goes into hiding to avoid being taken to a concentration camp. The story is based on The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Anne Frank. When Nazis invade Frankfurt, Germany, where Anne and her family live, they are forced to go into hiding. A man named Mr. Kraler and his wife Miep have a secret room in a spice factory where they allow them to stay. Anne is a 13 year old girl who stays positive during the rough times she and her family are going through.
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
Wilhelm married a woman named Dortchen Wild. They had a baby in 1826, who died (Hettinga pg.68 + 108). They had a second child in 1828, and in 1832, Dortchen had a baby girl (Hettinga pg.118). Meanwhile, Jacob applied for the head librarian’s job, after the man had died in 1829 (Hettinga pg.109). Dortchen got very sick when she was helping her friend Lotte, who was very ill (Hettinga pg.118). Wilhelm died at 3 pm on December 15, 1859 (Hettinga pg.146). Jacob died on September 20, 1863 at 10 pm (Hettinga pg.149).
After changing his name to Carl at a young age, he and his brother followed in his father’s footsteps and attended the prestigious Mannheim school. The school’s court orchestra comprised of a group of composers and musicia...
thesis of how the musical brought our inner child out to realize our true struggles in life.
In the mid-1763, Mozart’s father, Leopold, decided to leave his position as deputy Kapellmeister (which was quite well paying) , so he and his family could set out on a prolonged tour across Europe. Not surprisingly, soon the Mozarts’ set out on the tour, where Amadeus and his sister played at almost all the main musical centers of Western Europe: Munich, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Mannheim, Brussels, Frankfurt, Mainz, Paris, and London (where the Mozart’s spent 15 months). They returned to Salzburg only in November 1766, being ...
The Classical Period brought forward new musical innovation. The sudden change in emotion and contrast in the music from the classical era is one of the many fascinating topics. However, the topic most talked about to this very day is Mozart’s Requiem. The mystery of which parts were composed by Mozart puzzles many. Even the rumor that surrounds Mozart’s cause of death is fascinating. Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus, added more controversy to this intriguing mystery.
The musical selections and songs that were sung told a story and narrated the almost the entire film, as is expected in...
The introduction of sound to film started in the 1920’s. By the 1930’s a vast majority of films were now talkies. ‘If you put a sound consistent to visual image and specifically human voice you make a “talkie”’ (Braun 1985 pg. 97). In 1926 Warner Brothers introduced sound to film but, other competing studios such as FOX, didn’t find it necessary to incorporate sound to their motion pictures production, as they were making enough money through their silent movies. Warner Brothers decided to take what was considered a risky move by adding sound to their motion picture, a risk taken, as they weren’t as successful in the silent movie department. But this risk paid off with the hit release of ‘The Jazz Singer’ in 1927. Though sound in films was then acceptable and successful it wasn’t until the 1950’s that it became feasible to the public as sound was introduced to cinema by the invention of Cinerama by Fred Waller. The Cinerama used 35mm film strip and seven channels of audio.