Trapp Family sings Bach

[lewacker]

When I heard these two films for the first time, took the sacred singing my heart! these children met the magic of transformation! God's angels were present when these films were taken! holy love and greetings to the heaven! Trautwin, Als ich diese beiden Filme zum ersten Mal hörte, ergriff der heilige Gesang mein Herz! diese Kinder trafen das Zauberwort der Wandlung! Gottes Engel waren zugegen, als diese Aufnahmen entstanden! heilige Liebe und Gruesse zum Himmel! Trautwin

[lty2k84]

The kids are irritating. The dad is gay, and so are the sons.

[Staubsaugerkid]

Ups! Bei 0:41 verstehe ich immer "Und ich will sex" :D

[isabellebird40]

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[luvdeafbroadway777]

was that the real von Trapps?

[thezaylady]

@luvdeafbroadway777 No. The title is a bit misleading.

[nicopsico]

baldevis. I am an AMRCAN ALSO i was born in colombia!!! this is an american country!!! America is not a country is a continent!!!

[ElNegus]

La doctrina Monroe es clara: América para los norteamericanos, mejor la doctrina Drago. A los nenes trapp se los culeaba el padre.

[ElNegus]

@nicopsico La Doctrina Monroe es clara: América para los norteamericanos. Mejor la Doctrina Drago. A algunos de los nenes Trapp se los culeaba el padre

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

if Bach could see this, for sure he would die again....

[mcouzijn]

Why? What's wrong with it? Their singing is certainly valid and they really keep their voices together. Why do you think that JS Bach would not appreciate a proper performance of his own motet?

Or is it that *you* don't like this music?

[WorldHoldOn100]

I'm sorry,I didn't understand.They are really Von Traps or it's jast a movie.

[lichtbroeder]

movie

[dacatholicbandorgan]

The Real Max was a Priest.

[lichtbroeder]

Father Franz Wasner to be exact. He sang and played clavichord and harpsichord with the family too.

[baldevis]

As a born American of 56 years I genuinely feel that the average American wouldn't appreciate great music if it walked up to them and bit them in the ass......and I suspect that condition is tending to spread all over the world today.

[kevinmom]

I am indian.....and I so love so many american songs......but like you say......people just dont listen to good music these days....Its sad......there is some really good music coming out now too. and there is a following......but people like snoop dog must be shot in the head and thrown in the gutter......sorry for being rude.....

[alokmahal]

@kevinmom I agree, but come on. Shot in the head?  How can music be good with nothing bad to compare it too.

[HiWayLady49]

I always felt that, like beauty and art, good music was in the ear of the listener. It's a matter of taste. I still don't like the Beatles. But I loved Herman's Hermits. Madonna sings the same tune to all of her songs..as do rappers. But that's just my particular 'ear'. I like a little bit of most types of music. Yodeling, ballads, opera, broadway musicals. That doesn't make me illiterate or lacking in 'taste'. If it's a choice of hamburger, filet mignon or meatloaf, I'll have it all.

[wattever333]

was the point of this segment of the movie to show that Americans didn't appreciate Bach? because this is amazing singing!

[PeterPiper00]

I'd suggest that the person who posted this clip should change the title to reflect that this is not the real von Trapp family. These are the people who played them in the German film from 1956.

[nol25]

I'll make a short summary:

1938 till Middle of the 1950s: The Real Trapp Family Singers toured through the US

German movies about the Family: 1956+1958

American movie "The sound of music": 1965, with J. Andrews

[withluvevie]

can u upload the children singing the hills are alive please?????? i can't find it any ware

[MakeupMoxieGal]

Are these the real life Von Trapp children or actors I didn't understand.

[carolmichellef]

I believe this is from the TV series that aired in Europe.

[MakeupMoxieGal]

Oh thank you for the info. The girls look so adorable.

[PeterPiper00]

This was not a TV series. It was a movie. It was produced in 1958 in Germany. The success of the movie in Germany was the spark which inspired the musical The Sound of Music which opened on Broadway in 1959.

[carolmichellef]

Thanks. OK, the reason I said that was because in one of Princess Grace's biographies I read that her children used to watch the Von Trapp Family TV series, so I figured this was the TV series.

[nol25]

There are not many clips from the real Trapp Family Singers.

These are actors.

[MakeupMoxieGal]

I would love to try and find clips from the real Von Trapp children. This has become my new hobby learning more about the real story and family.

[elzbieta52]

No, this is a 1950s film called 'Die Famille Trapp' which was the first movie about the Trapp family.

[im1lostdragon]

Americans have no ear for talent...

[lamatoe]

No kidding..

[PeterPiper00]

What are you basing that statement on? The Trapp family singers were a huge success in America, touring for almost 20 years from 1938 to 1957!

In 1938 the NY Times wrote: "There was something unusually lovable and appealing about the modest, serious singers of this little family ... It was only natural to expect work of exceeding refinement from them, and one was not disappointed" Please do a bit a research before making blanket generalizations.

[im1lostdragon]

What I mean to say is that, in my experience of life, the greater majority of people I have met call classical music a bore. This modern America gives the appearance of not appreciating true musical genius. Just look at some of the losers who come through American Idol.

[afffred]

well atleast the nuns liked it...

[xLilxDebzx]

wheres this from ??

[danielevans89]

those who dont like bach shouldnt even speak of music itself!! their ears are tuned to useless, tuneless music!! lo, bach's music lives forever!! and german music stands apart in a distance whose threshold even cant be reached by other music!

[nol25]

This scene was after the immigration of the family to the US. They sang songs of baroque composers that the american audience actually did not like.

[jeremy915111]

damn, dont germans know when they hear good music? i swear only 5 people were clapping...

[handelfan610]

i thought they were in the us when this happens. either way...someone should have clapped.

[cellyguy4000]

Because they don't clap doesn't mean they didn't like it. It's just the way the respond to things. I saw a German couple waving lighters in the air while wearing a scowl. It's just how the older ones generally are. They enjoy things differently.

[dolphinofdespair]

If i remember right they later in the film decide to sing German folk songs and become a succes. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

[vidiegoquam]

I do believe this tepid reception is a "plot device" in the film rather than a strict record. At least the man in the hallway appreciates it: sie singen ganz ordentlich, nee? :)

[jeremy915111]

what does that mean actually?

[vidiegoquam]

""They're singing quite nicely, aren't they?" This praise of a "solid, decent" performance, however, is clearly still far from the rapturous applause which (one presumes) will eventually be won!

[Julikachen]

Geil, das ist doch Major Böckl aus den Sissi-Filmen!

[Amiduffer]

Sheesh, they do old Bach justice, and the audience are like stones. Todkopf!

[operaluvr14]

They are all so adorable!  And quite talented!!! And all a capella? Simply lovely! :D

[mcgiver02]

the Americans in the theatre didn't seem to appreciate Bach

[Vermontist]

What Americans?

[cub68134]

neither the Germanophones!

[beccamargaret12345]

I don't understand who these people are

[KayLillian]

Well, they are actors playing the Trapp Family Singers in a movie called "The Trapp family in America" (1958). A sequel to the first movie from 1956 (which had pretty much the same story as "The Sound of Music", but with classical and folk songs instead of showtunes). This sequel deals with their early concert tours in the US after having left Austria.

[PhillipCreeper]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing with us!

[kbirdusa]

Yuck - they should have sang the Goatherd song. Yodel-a-hee-hoo!

[cub68134]

why «should have»?

[deathbyblonde11]

Do you have a link to Robin and Alexander? I can't seem to find it.

[Jairdan]

There are two different parts available on You Tube...I can't post a link...Not sure why, but it NEVER turns up..To find the 2 files: Search "BWV-229" that leads you to the first excerpt! Second search "Gute Nacht + Alexander" Than you will find the second part...Those are different parts from "Jesus my Joy"

[deathbyblonde11]

Thank you so much!

[Jairdan]

I forget to mention: The same part -as shown here- is also available on You Tube. Different soloist from the Tölzer boys choir, but still better than this video. Search: Jesu, meine Freude excerpts (+ Knabenchor)

[deathbyblonde11]

Yeah, I have that one in my favorites :)

[Zerlina12]

Toelzers Alexander and Robin sings that part better

[Jairdan]

Yes, we absolutely agree on that. As I said in another thread: I hardly ever heard anything more beautiful then the Bach Motetten sung by Robin and Alexander.

This part is out of a movie and the Trapp Family had no success with classical music, the concert visitors were bored and they finally had a break through with austrian folk music...The classical pieces are weaker in the movie and shorter..I guess, on purpose, because they wanted to show an development in their singing abilty...

[sw1q]

I have hardly ever heard anything more beautiful than the Bach Motetten Sung by Robin and Alexander.

...wanted to show a development in ...

...wanted to show the development of their singing ability

Cheers.

thanks for posting,

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