Johannes von Trapp
| Johannes von Trapp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 January 1939 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse(s) | Lynne Peterson |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Georg von Trapp Maria von Trapp |
Johannes von Trapp (born 17 January 1939) is an Austrian American 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 was the tenth and youngest child.[2]
Biography
He was born in 1939 in Philadelphia while the family was on a concert tour.[3] He was eight years old when his father Georg von Trapp died in 1947. His siblings are Rosmarie (born 1928 or 1929) and Eleonore (born 1931). He graduated from prep school at the Canterbury School in Connecticut in 1956. Later that year, he, along with several other members of the extended family, went to New Guinea to do missionary work.[3]
By 1969, he had graduated from Dartmouth College. He attended the 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]
He married in 1969 Lynne Peterson and had two children, Kristina von Trapp-Frame and Sam von Trapp.[2] Johannes visited the Trapp Villa in Salzburg Aigen on 28 July 2008, with his half-sister, Maria Franziska, and Erika, the widow of his half-brother, Werner.
References
- ↑ "The Sound of Difference". New York Times. 10 March 1998. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
He thought a moment, good taste, culture, all these wonderful upper-class standards that people make fun of in movies like Titanic. ...
- 1 2 3 Stephanie Clifford (24 December 2008). "Von Trapps Reunited, Without the Singing". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 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.
- 1 2 Joan Gearin. "The Real Story of the von Trapp Family". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
Son Johannes was born in January 1939 in Philadelphia. ... In 1956, Maria, Johannes, Rosmarie, and daughter Maria went to New Guinea to do missionary work. Later, Maria ran the Trapp Family Lodge for many years. ... As Johannes von Trapp said in a 1998 New York Times interview, '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.'
External links
- "Die Rückkehr der Trapp-Familie" [Interview with Maria Franziska and Johannes]. Die Welt (in German). 16 September 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- Family tree via Rodovid