My Favorite Songs: Maria Von Trapp's Childhood Folk Songs [With CD (Audio)]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... Arena next May.The fear is that her voice may be a shadow of what it once was, more Axl Rose than Maria von Trapp, but she will be there singing four or five solo numbers. "I got through the Blitz and if I can do that I can get my voice back," she says.Andrews says losing her voice has been the worst thing that has ever happened to her – which is saying something because while she...
英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Spotlight: Julie Andrews as Maria Did the Von Trapp family really hike over the Alps to Switzerland? In the closing scenes of The Sound of Music , the singing Von Trapp family is seen heading up the mountains to freedom from the Nazis . In truth, though, they walked to the nearest railroad station, where they boarded the next train to Italy. From there, they made their way to London...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... used was "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?", a play on the Rogers and Hammerstein song "Maria" from "The Sound of Music" in which the nuns lament the frivolity of Maria Von Trapp. Both articles inside the magazine are highly critical, even dismissive, of Mrs Palin. Related ArticlesThe former Alaska governor, who was due to begin her three-week book tour in Grand Rapids,...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Once upon a time, the stage-and-screen Maria von Trapp sang about bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens and a few other of her favorite things. Were she around today, Maria might do more than hum a few bars and trek the Alps, heading instead for that things-friendly enclave of West Chester, Pa., where the right combination of personality and product can translate into success...
Get On The Blandwagon! (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... unwise to give in to temptation and run through a field of sunlit wildflowers like some medieval Maria Von Trapp, since it's pretty much guaranteed that there's a pack of wolves lurking in there. Virtually everything wants to kill you and is easily capable of doing so. Step beyond the gates of any town or village and you'll be attacked before you can say, "Is that a boulder or...
a lil' fat monkey (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Sound of Music made Maria Von Trapp looked like a Saint. But I have my theories ( so does FBB, go arse him for his! ) that she wasn't a goody good two shoes we all think she is. Think about it, how on earth can a few raindrops on roses, whiskers on kitten, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens make a grown up woman with 7 devious kids like her happy. Who's she kidding? If...
The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... in humans for the first time in the next two years. Andrews, 74, who is most famous for playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music, lost her ability to hold a note, not to mention her five-octave range, in 1997 when surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her vocal cords left them badly scarred. Sichuan earthquake survivors 'poisoned by pollution' Survivors of the Sichuan...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... in humans for the first time in the next two years. Andrews, 74, who is most famous for playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music, lost her ability to hold a note, not to mention her five-octave range, in 1997 when surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her vocal cords left them badly scarred. Scar tissue is much stiffer than healthy vocal cord tissue and disrupts the natural...
