Johannes von Trapp
Johannes von Trapp | |
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| Born | January 17, 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse |
Lynne Peterson (m. 1969) |
| Children | 2 |
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Johannes von Trapp (born January 17, 1939) is an American Austrian singer and former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical and movie The Sound of Music.[1] He is the tenth and youngest child.[2] As of September 2023, Johannes is the last surviving sibling of the von Trapp family.[3]
Biography
Johannes von Trapp was born in 1939 in Philadelphia while the family was on a concert tour.[4] He was eight years old when his father
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1967.[5]
By 1969, he had graduated from
Yale University's School of Forestry for his Master's degree. He returned to Stowe, Vermont, to help with the family inn's finances and then became the manager of the resort. In 1977, he moved to British Columbia and later to a ranch in Montana. He eventually returned to manage the family business in Vermont.[2]
In 1969, von Trapp married Lynne Peterson. They have two children.Werner.
References
- New York Times. March 10, 1998. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
He thought a moment, good taste, culture, all these wonderful upper-class standards that people make fun of in movies like Titanic. ...
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
Still, Johannes von Trapp, the 10th and youngest child, remembers growing up relatively anonymously in a quiet, strict home. ... By 1969, he had graduated from Dartmouth, completed a master's degree from the Yale school of forestry and was planning on an academic career in natural resources. He returned to Stowe to put the inn's finances in order, and ended up running the place. He tried to leave, moving to a ranch in British Columbia in 1977 and staying a few years, then moving to a ranch in Montana. But the professional management in Stowe kept quitting. 'Now I'm stuck here,' he said.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (May 18, 2022). "Rosmarie Trapp, of the 'Sound of Music' Family, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ New York Timesinterview, 'it's not what my family was about. . . . [We were] about good taste, culture, all these wonderful upper-class standards that people make fun of in movies like 'Titanic.' We're about environmental sensitivity, artistic sensitivity. 'Sound of Music' simplifies everything. I think perhaps reality is at the same time less glamorous but more interesting than the myth.'
- ^ "Von Trapp's Sound of Music Now Has A Military Rhythm". Talon. February 9, 1967.