The creation of The Sound of Music was inspired by the true story of Maria von trapp: Maria von trapp was born in the Alps and first became a nun in a local monastery. 1926, due to health problems, she was sent to Sir Georg Ritter von Trapp's home by the dean to recuperate and take care of her eldest daughter. After that, Maria fell in love with Jazz, 1927 got married and had two daughters and a man. In the 1930' s, Jazz almost lost all his property due to the economic panic. So he and Maria led seven children to form a band to sing professionally, and won the first prize of Salzburg Music Festival in 1936. 1938, Nazi Germany merged with Austria, and the jazz rejected the Nazi conscription order. In order to avoid being hunted, they took a train across the Alps to Italy in the name of camping, and then began their trip to Europe. After they moved to the United States from 65438 to 0939, they devoted themselves to expanding their singing career to all parts of the world.
Vincent Donahue, a 43-year-old film director, introduced the story to the Broadway couple: producer Richard Haladi and actress Mary Martin. The two were very interested in this story, so they began to try to contact Maria herself and get her support. At that time, Maria was in New Guinea with her three biological children, and she was completely uninterested in the proposal in Hudson's letter. Until one time Maria returned to the United States, she watched Mary Martin's performance "Annie Pick Up Your Gun" on Broadway and praised her performance. Since then, she strongly supported this creative plan, so they began to plan to create a brand-new musical. After the musical was staged, it caused a sensation. It not only performed 1443 performances in a row, but also won six Tony awards, including the best actress award and the best musical award. Because of its excellent performance, 20th Century Fox Company initiated the idea of adapting the play into a movie at 1960.