Salzburg is my favorite European, much less Austrian, city. Everything about it, from the music festivals, the Festung Hohensalzburg, the pedestrian avenues, the nearby countryside, to the Gemütlichtkeit of the people make it a worthwhile visit.
Very moving video. My late husband, deceased last year, was born the same year as Johannes von Trapp. In the late nineties, we had the opportunity to spend three years in Vienna. I’d like very much to go back to Austria to live there if I could. I never sensed that the rules were too strict (but I am Belgian so I light no have the same point of view than an American citizen on the strictness of Austria).
glad to see the descendant of Baron von Trapp are still alive and keep the business going on!...his Austrian accent is still strong, although German language is not his daily language anymore...
It's very interesting because as you can imagine growing up in such a large Austrian family living in the United States, constantly touring their music show, he learned English through his family who all spoke it with an Austrian accent. So even though he was born in Philadelphia, USA he has an accent similar to an Austrian immigrant in America.
J. W. K. Not put on. As a child of German immigrants I know my accent varies according to the company I am talking to and where I am. He said he had not been speaking German for about a year. If you listen closely his accent varies a fair bit and is fluid.
So wonderful that I understood him clearly. I guess my family, my Mother, grew up speaking Austrian, although my Oma is from German descend (her grandfather came here to South Africa as a Missionary from Berlin). And my Opa is from Austrian descend (his grandfather came from Austria, not much is known, except that his family were nobles working for the Emperor). I would love to immigrate to Austria.
@J. W. K. I don't have an Austrian accent when I speak English. But I have an Austrian accent when I speak German, my Mother is German, from both German and Austrian descend. I can have my Mother's accent if I choose to. It also depends on the audience.
Funny, what he says about never being able to live in Austria, because there are way too many rules! Like what my German father says about Germany (very happy to have come to Canada in the 50‘s).
If only I could go back to the lands of my grandparents great grandparents, Austria or Germany. I love the rules, the customs, the culture. I grew up in a German/Austrian culture and it is a big part of my heart, of who I am. If only...
If one sees 'Die Trapp Familie', the original german film made in the 50's, it is superior to 'The Sound of Music'. Even the music is much better. I wondered if they actually had 'Geschicten aus dem Wiener Wald' in their repertoire.
+mbazikos1 I was introduced to Die Trapp Familie” also, in January 2020, thanks to TH-cam, and I agree with you. I still watch The Sound Of Music mostly for fun and to see Julie Andrews.
Hillary Wilson I’ve been reading his half-sister’s autobiographical book. The boatswain’s whistle was real. The kids loved having their own calls. It was used to communicate because it could be heard throughout the big house. The Captain was kind, not a martinet. A famous Austrian submarine captain. He was not drafted into Hitler’s Navy because he was technically Italian as he was born in Trieste.
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Salzburg is my favorite European, much less Austrian, city. Everything about it, from the music festivals, the Festung Hohensalzburg, the pedestrian avenues, the nearby countryside, to the Gemütlichtkeit of the people make it a worthwhile visit.
Very moving video. My late husband, deceased last year, was born the same year as Johannes von Trapp. In the late nineties, we had the opportunity to spend three years in Vienna. I’d like very much to go back to Austria to live there if I could. I never sensed that the rules were too strict (but I am Belgian so I light no have the same point of view than an American citizen on the strictness of Austria).
glad to see the descendant of Baron von Trapp are still alive and keep the business going on!...his Austrian accent is still strong, although German language is not his daily language anymore...
It's very interesting because as you can imagine growing up in such a large Austrian family living in the United States, constantly touring their music show, he learned English through his family who all spoke it with an Austrian accent. So even though he was born in Philadelphia, USA he has an accent similar to an Austrian immigrant in America.
+J. W. K. I do not want to know your name or your gender but rather thanks for attempting to ruin a hope. You are a buzz kill.
J. W. K. Not put on. As a child of German immigrants I know my accent varies according to the company I am talking to and where I am. He said he had not been speaking German for about a year. If you listen closely his accent varies a fair bit and is fluid.
So wonderful that I understood him clearly. I guess my family, my Mother, grew up speaking Austrian, although my Oma is from German descend (her grandfather came here to South Africa as a Missionary from Berlin). And my Opa is from Austrian descend (his grandfather came from Austria, not much is known, except that his family were nobles working for the Emperor). I would love to immigrate to Austria.
@J. W. K. I don't have an Austrian accent when I speak English. But I have an Austrian accent when I speak German, my Mother is German, from both German and Austrian descend. I can have my Mother's accent if I choose to. It also depends on the audience.
Georg von Trapp was a very high ranking submarine commander in the Austria-Hungary navy during WW 1.
Funny, what he says about never being able to live in Austria, because there are way too many rules! Like what my German father says about Germany (very happy to have come to Canada in the 50‘s).
If only I could go back to the lands of my grandparents great grandparents, Austria or Germany. I love the rules, the customs, the culture. I grew up in a German/Austrian culture and it is a big part of my heart, of who I am. If only...
If one sees 'Die Trapp Familie', the original german film made in the 50's, it is superior to 'The Sound of Music'. Even the music is much better. I wondered if they actually had 'Geschicten aus dem Wiener Wald' in their repertoire.
+mbazikos1 I was introduced to Die Trapp Familie” also, in January 2020, thanks to TH-cam, and I agree with you. I still watch The Sound Of Music mostly for fun and to see Julie Andrews.
i wondere if the journalist is Is from Argentina, because of her accent to pronounce tow words in spanish. She says ·reconstruir· and ·complemento·
I love the movie...but just found out the true story.
would be inTerssTing
why
has Family Trapp had To flee ?
Austrians didn't like the film partly because of the way it showed how much support Austrians gave Hitler in 1938. Sad fact but true.
He is son of Maria? Who is the lady beside him?
She's his daughter.
Salzburg!...
1 FoTo of my Grandma Anna
was sTolen
am her real GranddaughTer
Isn't he Maria's grandson not brother?
its her son
k yes I figured out.He is the youngest one Thank you.
Hillary Wilson son
There is Maria, the second wife of von Trapp and Maria, the daughter of von Trapp and his first wife Agatha.
Hillary Wilson I’ve been reading his half-sister’s autobiographical book. The boatswain’s whistle was real. The kids loved having their own calls. It was used to communicate because it could be heard throughout the big house. The Captain was kind, not a martinet. A famous Austrian submarine captain. He was not drafted into Hitler’s Navy because he was technically Italian as he was born in Trieste.