Climb ev'ry mountain
Search high and low
Follow ev'ry by-way
Every path you know
* * *
Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford ev'ry stream
Follow ev'ry rainbow
'Til you find your dream
* * *
A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you live
* * *
Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford ev'ry stream
Follow ev'ry rainbow
'Til you find your dream
* * *
A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Ev'ry day of your life
For as long as you live
Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford ev'ry stream
Follow ev'ry rainbow
'Til you find your dream
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain", 1959
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer: Richard Rodgers
These postcard images of enthusiastic mountain hikers are
the work of Viennese artist Fritz Schönpflug (1873–1951)
whose work I began collecting a few years ago.
The cards were produced in 1910 as a six piece set marked B.K.W.I. 727.
I'm still missing number 4 , but when I find it, I'll add it below.
the work of Viennese artist Fritz Schönpflug (1873–1951)
whose work I began collecting a few years ago.
The cards were produced in 1910 as a six piece set marked B.K.W.I. 727.
I'm still missing number 4 , but when I find it, I'll add it below.
As I was preparing this story
a song title came to mind
which inspired me to use the lyrics
as links between Schönpflug's comical pictures.
a song title came to mind
which inspired me to use the lyrics
as links between Schönpflug's comical pictures.
The Sound of Music.
The lyricist was Oscar Hammerstein II
and it was set to music by Richard Rodgers.
The lyricist was Oscar Hammerstein II
and it was set to music by Richard Rodgers.
In the musical the song is sung
at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess.
In the original 1959 Broadway production
the role was played by Patricia Neway (1919 – 2012)
an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress.
Here she is singing on the Ed Sullivan Show, December 20, 1959.
Good ears will recognize that the song is in a different key
than in the 1965 film version.
at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess.
In the original 1959 Broadway production
the role was played by Patricia Neway (1919 – 2012)
an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress.
Here she is singing on the Ed Sullivan Show, December 20, 1959.
Good ears will recognize that the song is in a different key
than in the 1965 film version.
I don't know why Hammerstein
put an apostrophe in the word "ev'ry".
put an apostrophe in the word "ev'ry".
Neway certainly sings it as "evverrrry"
and her voice is so powerful
it could bring down mountains.
and her voice is so powerful
it could bring down mountains.
And here is a reprise
from the ending to the 1965 film
THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
from the ending to the 1965 film
THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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| Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (1880 – 1947) Source: Wikipedia |
It's quite possible that Fritz Schönpflug knew the original Captain von Trapp, patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers, Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (1880 – 1947). Georg was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy and during World War I became that navy's most successful submarine commander, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships and two warships.
His first wife, Agathe Whitehead, died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. In 1926 one of his daughters was an invalid at home so Trapp engaged Maria Augusta Kutschera, a novice from the nearby Nonnberg Abbey, as a tutor. They fell in love and married in 1927, eventually adding three more children to the previous seven. In 1935 during the Great Depression, Georg lost his inherited wealth in a bank failure. A Catholic priest, Franz Wasner, who had been teaching the children music, encouraged the family to perform concerts around Austria and on radio.
In 1938 Trapp was offered a commission in the German Navy but turned it down in opposition to Nazi ideology. Recognizing the great danger of staying in Nazi Austria the Trapp family left for Italy, traveling by train, not by foot across the Alps as depicted in the movie. There they arranged a concert tour of the United States. In 1941 after a brief stay in Pennsylvania the family settled in Stowe, Vermont where they purchased a 660-acre farm in 1942 and converted it into the Trapp Family Lodge. Trapp died of lung cancer in 1947 but his wife Maria von Trapp and his Trapp Family troupe continued performing and making recordings until 1957.
This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday
where being on the level is only a suggestion.
3 comments:
Well that's quite an earworm you've given me! Loved these post cards, with such humorous attempts to scale the heights. The piped mountain spring water really tickled my funny bone. Women were hiking the mountains in their skirts back then! Thanks for the music from a lovely production. It's good to know the real history of the family which performed, compared to the theatrical story.
The postcards are great fun. And putting the words to "Climb Every Mountain" to them, a fun touch - a song I've sung many times in my singing 'career'. :)
You cannot help but smile at your fun mountain cartoons and I liked the way you linked them with the words of “Climb every mountain” - and not a musician in sight!
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