Freiherr Georg von Trapp

Austrian musician

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Freiherr Georg von Trapp was an Austrian musician and World War I submarine commander. He was the patriarch of the Trapp family, whose story was famously adapted into the musical The Sound of Music.1

The family began singing German and liturgical music under the direction of Father Franz Wasner in the mid-1930s, touring Europe as the Trapp Family Choir. In 1938, they fled Nazi-dominated Austria and eventually emigrated to the United States. As the Trapp Family Singers, they gained international acclaim for their folk music performances. Georg von Trapp passed away in 1947.1

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Trapp Family
…of a widower, Freiherr (Baron) Georg von Trapp, a World War I submarine commander, and of the baron himself. She was married to Trapp in 1927, and they had three children. In the mid-1930s the family began singing German and liturgical music under the tutelage of the Reverend Franz Wasner,…
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…of a widower, Freiherr (Baron) Georg von Trapp, a World War I submarine commander, and of the baron himself. She was married to Trapp in 1927, and they had three children. In the mid-1930s the family began singing German and liturgical music under the tutelage of the Reverend Franz Wasner,…
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