Maria von Trapp
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Singer and main subject of the film The Sound of Music
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Why Is Maria von Trapp Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS , often styled as “Baroness”, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film version.
