The Sound Of Music

For the first time ever, the performance scripts for some of your favorite Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals are available for purchase. Add some magic to your library with the first set of available scripts: Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and three versions of Cinderella.

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain,"" ""My Favorite Things,"" ""Do Re Mi,"" ""Sixteeen Going on Seventeen"" and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain Von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire Von Trapp family must make a moral decision.

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With a stunning score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, the 1965 film The Sound of Music boasted a dream cast led by Julie Andrews (Maria) and Christopher Plummer (Captain). Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Scoring of Music, The Sound of Music made Hollywood history, becoming the most popular movie musical ever made. The soundtrack includes instantly recognizable hits like “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” “The Lonely Goatherd” and “The Sound of Music."

Tracklist

1. Prelude and The Sound of Music – Maria
2. Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) – Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
3. Morning Hymn and Alleluia – Nuns Chorus
4. Maria – Nuns Chorus
5. I Have Confidence – Maria
6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen – Rolf and Liesl
7. My Favorite Things – Maria
8. Climb Ev’ry Mountain – Mother Abbess
9. The Lonely Goatherd – Maria and The Children
10. The Sound of Music – The Children and the Captain
11. Do-Re-Mi – Maria and the Children
12. Something Good – Maria and the Captain
13. Processional and Maria (The Wedding) – Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
14. Edelweiss – The Captain, Maria, the Children and Chorus
15. So Long, Farewell – The Children
16. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) – Chorus and Orchestra

Features

• The soundtrack to the most popular movie musical ever made, including such instantly recognizable hits as “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi” and more.

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The Sound of Music has become one of the most enduring and successful musicals among the great American musicals, featuring beloved standards such as “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss,” “Do-Re-Mi” and “The Sound of Music.” This 1959 Broadway production—starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel– won five Tony Awards including “Best Musical.” Upon original release, this cast album spent 16 weeks as number 1 on the Billboard chart. Mastered from the original 3-track master tape, this 60th Anniversary CD edition features new liner notes by The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization’s Ted Chapin.

Tracklist

1. Preludium (Nuns)
2. The Sound of Music (Mary Martin)
3. Maria (Elizabeth Howell, Karen Shepard, Muriel O’Malley, Patricia Neway)
4. My Favorite Things (Mary Martin, Patricia Neway)
5. Do-Re-Mi (Mary Martin, Children)
6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Brian Davies, Lauri Peters)
7. The Lonely Goatherd (Mary Martin, Children)
8. How Can Love Survive? (Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe)
9. The Sound of Music (reprise) (Mary Martin, Children, Theodore Bikel)
10. Laendler (Orchestra)
11. So Long, Farewell (Children)
12. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Patricia Neway)
13. No Way To Stop It (Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kasznar, Theodore Bikel)
14. An Ordinary Couple (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel)
15. Processional (Ensemble)
16. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) (Mary Martin, Lauri Peters)
17. Edelweiss (Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Children)
18. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) (Patricia Neway, Company)

Features

• 60th Anniversary of the original 1959 Broadway production
• Featuring the beloved songs “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going On Seventeen”
• Mastered from the original 3-track master tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• LP is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI

Details 

With a stunning score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, the 1965 film The Sound of Music boasted a dream cast led by Julie Andrews (Maria) and Christopher Plummer (Captain). Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Scoring of Music, The Sound of Music made Hollywood history, becoming the most popular movie musical ever made. The soundtrack includes instantly recognizable hits like “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” “The Lonely Goatherd” and “The Sound of Music."

Tracklist

Side A
1. Prelude and The Sound of Music – Maria
2. Overture and Preludium (Dixit Dominus) – Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
3. Morning Hymn and Alleluia – Nuns Chorus
4. Maria – Nuns Chorus
5. I Have Confidence – Maria
6. Sixteen Going on Seventeen – Rolf and Liesl
7. My Favorite Things – Maria
8. Climb Ev’ry Mountain – Mother Abbess

Side B
1. The Lonely Goatherd – Maria and The Children
2. The Sound of Music – The Children and the Captain
3. Do-Re-Mi – Maria and the Children
4. Something Good – Maria and the Captain
5. Processional and Maria (The Wedding) – Organ, Orchestra and Nuns Chorus
6. Edelweiss – The Captain, Maria, the Children and Chorus
7. So Long, Farewell – The Children
8. Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) – Chorus and Orchestra

Features

• The soundtrack to the most popular movie musical ever made, including such instantly recognizable hits as “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi” and more.