The Sound of Music
Posted by editor
May 10th, 2010
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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, makers of ‘The Sound of Music’ have left so many wonderful songs in this most popular musical film of all time. One of the most beloved songs written for this film is the love song Edelweiss (a white flower found high in the Alpine Hills). Accompanied with a guitar, Capt Von Trapp(portrayed by Christopher Plummer) sung the song towards the end of the Saltzberg concert as he offers it to his fellow Austrians saying these lines ‘ I would like to sing for you now…a love song. I know you share this love. I pray that you will never let it die.’ Capt. Von Trapp became emotional towards the middle of the song that Maria joined him and the people sung with them. The Germans have no idea that it is a patriotic song and the Austrians are singing it out of great love for their country. Edelweiss was the last song written together by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The latter died of a terminal stomach cancer. Edelweiss as popular as it became was mistaken to be the national anthem of Austria.