The Sound of Music

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Summary: the sound of music
Review: I am sorry that the letter, i am going to wright to you is not book review but I am asking make me clear that what book contains music note and how can I it understand. I am a custemer to looking for the music books with a note(music) but it is a difficult to know that a book contains the music-note or no! I want to buy a some music books with a music note. Is there anything some how to know that a book is a story book or music book.I study the opera and piano but it sems that you have no material to sell it. I give a e.g) that I was looking for a book " the soud of music" with a music note but when I see your list about this title. I had no idea wether this book is a comentry book or music book with a note. Please!!!!!! let me know how can I it distinguish. Thank you. I need some music "spartito" for the piano, opera, aria antica, musica sacra & ect... Cheon

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Summary: Alexa
Review: I love this book! I was at the Von Trapp lodge in Vermont when I bought this book. I have been a Sound of Music fan since I was 6 (I am 13) and finding this book was a dream come true. It gives a miniture biography about some of the actors and has TONS of pictures. And it tells so much about were the movie was made and what the actors thought about it and so much more. If you like the movie as much as I do, you have to buy this book!

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Summary: It's interesting!
Review: I love TSOM, and it's the reason why I bought this book. This book is really wonderful! And, After read it, I watched it once more. This time, I really enjoyed it! If you buy it, see TSOM after read it. You will enjoyed it, too!

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Summary: Entertaining and Ineteresting
Review: I was 17 the first time I saw SOM in 1965 and I still get a thrill everytime the camera pans to Maria and she starts singing. Having seen the movie countless times I was excited to get this book! I thought at first that knowing about how the film was made would take away some of the magic. However this has not been the case. Informative ( would you believe Gene Kelly turned down being the director!) and the names of some of the actors who were considered for parts will really surprise you. If you are a die hard SOM fan then the price of this book is well worth every penny. Not a fan? Buy it anyway, a good read on how a film is made and how success can be measured not only by the money a movie can make, but by the hearts it touches as well!

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Summary: A great discovery full of wonderful detail...
Review: I've always been fascinated with the locations for 'The Sound of Music' and indeed have spent many hours tramping round Salzburg to find them - with some success, although there are a lot of false notions in circulation as well. The one I never could crack was where the opening song, 'The hills are alive...' was shot. The BBC Television programme, Jim'll Fix It, did a re-construct some years ago, where a little girl was flown out to Salzburg to perform the opening song. They used the Gaisberg, a mountain just outside Salzburg, which I duly visited, but which turned out not to be the one. In desperation, about a decade ago I wrote to Robert Wise, who sent me a very kind reply, but alas had forgotten the exact location - but he DID remember it was somewhere over the border with Germany. Imagine my delight when a friend recently bought me 'The Making of America's Favorite Musical', and there was a more-or-less precise description of the field, complete with anecdotes about the shooting of the main sequences of the song. For its information on locations alone, the book's a winner. My only suggestion would be that ALL the locations could be included in an appendix, with details of how to get to them. For the rest, it was a delight to read and to behold - some much detailed information on the shooting schedule, costume, how they did the songs, the actors on location and so on. I must read it again, but I fancy that some scenes are left out of the schedule as printed, e.g. the Nazis walking across the Residenzplatz in Salzburg (How on earth did they get THAT in the can?), the train sceen in 'Do-Re-Mi' etc. All-in-all, a real treasure - it's so good that I'm going to buy it for my sister (another SOM fan) for Christmas!

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Summary: A "must read" for Sound of Music fans!
Review: I've been a Sound of Music fan since acting in a stage version of the musical and visiting Salzburg in the late '80s. The author's access to studio archives and personal interviews with cast and crew provides a very interesting insight into every aspect of the production. I wish I had read this book before I took the Salzburg Sound of Music Tour. The tour guides should use the book as a source for correcting errors in the information they provide to tourists!

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Summary: A "Sound of Music" must have
Review: No "Sound of Music" collection is complete without this book. Its eight chapters take you through the entire Sound of Music experience, from the real Von Trapp family to the original stage production to the movie's production, release, and success. I have a hard time choosing what I like best about this book because it's so complete. There are eight pages of color photos, handwritten production notes, early storyboards, and a plethora of candid photos from the cast and crew's private collections as well as some memorable studio stills. Author Julia Hirsch integrates diverse elements and perspectives to give a thoroughly enjoyable and well-rounded look at this beloved film's journey from concept to the classic it remains today. You'll find interviews from every cast and principle crew member with special biographies of the more important players. Other features include shooting schedules and casting and location notes. One of the real treasures though is the stories that came out of this production and are told here. It is a simple pleasure to read about the people and friendships that made the movie so endearing and enduring. I can't recommend this book enough for "Sound of Music" fans. Not only will you read and reread it, you'll grow a new appreciation for the movie and want to watch it over again.

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Summary: A "Sound of Music" must have
Review: No "Sound of Music" collection is complete without this book. Its eight chapters take you through the entire Sound of Music experience, from the real Von Trapp family to the original stage production to the movie's production, release, and success. I have a hard time choosing what I like best about this book because it's so complete. There are eight pages of color photos, handwritten production notes, early storyboards, and a plethora of candid photos from the cast and crew's private collections as well as some memorable studio stills. Author Julia Hirsch integrates diverse elements and perspectives to give a thoroughly enjoyable and well-rounded look at this beloved film's journey from concept to the classic it remains today. You'll find interviews from every cast and principle crew member with special biographies of the more important players. Other features include shooting schedules and casting and location notes. One of the real treasures though is the stories that came out of this production and are told here. It is a simple pleasure to read about the people and friendships that made the movie so endearing and enduring. I can't recommend this book enough for "Sound of Music" fans. Not only will you read and reread it, you'll grow a new appreciation for the movie and want to watch it over again.

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Summary: Throughly enjoyable, Enjoyably thorough
Review: The Sound Of Music was the first film I ever saw in a movie theatre (I was four) and it remains one of my all-time favorite movies. This book is everything I could want in a "behind the scenes" look at a classic film. Besides the remembrances of all of the cast members - major and minor, the book is jammed with many beautiful location photos, a number of which come from Portia Nelson's (she played one of the nuns) personal collection. What I found most fascinating was the list of famous young actors who screen-tested for the various children's parts (Mia Farrow as Liesl?!) as well as the director Robert Wise's battles with the studio to get his artistic vision on screen (20th Century Fox wasn't too financially solvent at the time thanks to Liz Taylor's Cleopatra debacle - of course the astounding success of The Sound Of Music changed that). In conclusion, if you love the film, you'll love the book. Get it today!

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Summary: Throughly enjoyable, Enjoyably thorough
Review: The Sound Of Music was the first film I ever saw in a movie theatre (I was four) and it remains one of my all-time favorite movies. This book is everything I could want in a "behind the scenes" look at a classic film. Besides the remembrances of all of the cast members - major and minor, the book is jammed with many beautiful location photos, a number of which come from Portia Nelson's (she played one of the nuns) personal collection. What I found most fascinating was the list of famous young actors who screen-tested for the various children's parts (Mia Farrow as Liesl?!) as well as the director Robert Wise's battles with the studio to get his artistic vision on screen (20th Century Fox wasn't too financially solvent at the time thanks to Liz Taylor's Cleopatra debacle - of course the astounding success of The Sound Of Music changed that). In conclusion, if you love the film, you'll love the book. Get it today!