Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi o ngā waiata tino rongonui o te ao - ko te kōrero tūturu o tētahi nunu rangatahi e aroha ana ki tētahi pouaru me ana tamariki tokowhitu. Mai i a Julie Andrews e wānanga ana i ngā maunga o Alps ki ngā tamariki tokowhitu e tino pai ana te whanonga, ko Te Haruru o te Waiata tērā pea e whakaatu ana i te whānau e hiahiatia ana e te katoa. Engari ko te hoa ora o Andrews - ko Maria Kutschera - he tawhiti atu i te whaea tino pai e whakaatuhia ana e te kiriata rongonui. I te mea he wahine Austrian uaua ia e whakamamaetia ana e te kore haumaru. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. He tawhiti atu a Maria Kutschera (pokapū) i te whaea tino pai e whakaahuatia ana e The Sound of Music, kua whakaatuhia e tana tama i roto i tana pukapuka hou. Ahakoa ko Julie Andrews (i runga ake nei) i takahi i nga Alps i roto i te kiriata 1965, i whakaahuatia a Maria e tana tama a Johannes hei 'he tino kaha' me 'he hiahia tino kaha' Kua whakaatuhia e tana tama a Johannes nga mea katoa i roto i tetahi pukapuka hou na Tom Santopietro i tuhi. Ka mea ia: 'He tino kaha ia, he tino kaha, he tino kaha. 'A i ētahi wā e rere ki taua hiahia kihai i pera ahuareka.' I tāpiri mai te 75-tau-tawhito he tino matatini tōna whaea, ā, i whakaae ia kāore ia i te harikoa i a ia e tamariki ana. I whanau a Maria i te tau 1905 i a ia e haere ana mai i te kainga o ona maatua i Tyrol ki te hohipera i Vienna, Austria, i runga i te tereina. I te tekau o ona tau, kua mate ona matua e rua, a, i tonoa ia ki te noho ki tetahi matua keke nanakia. I mawhiti a Maria i a ia a i te 1926 he kaiako ia i te Nonnberg Abbey, i Salzburg, me te hiahia kia noho hei nun. Engari i a ia i reira, i tonoa ia kia mahi hei kaitiaki i te whare o tetahi tangata pouaru, e whitu nga tamariki i mahue i a ia i muri i te matenga o tana wahine tuatahi a Agatha i te kirika. Ko Georg von Trapp taua tangata. Ka nohopuku rātau ki te marena, ā, e toru anō ā rātau tamariki. Ko Georg von Trapp i mua ko te rangatira o te kaipuke kaipuke o Austria U5. Kei te whakaahuahia ia me tana hoa rangatira a Agathe Whitehead. Ko te whānau Von Trapp i whakaahuahia i te 1939. Rārangi o runga: Werner rāua ko Rupert; Rārangi tuarua: Dr. Franz Wasner, Johanna, Martina, Maria rāua ko Georg, Johannes, Hedwig, Maria; Rārangi o raro:...
I whakahētia a Maria von Trapp e tana tama a Johannes i roto i tētahi pukapuka hou. I whakakitea e te 75-tau te pakeke he tino uaua tana whaea me te maha o nga raruraru. I tāpiri atu a Rosmarie, i akina ia ki te haere ki runga i te atamira. I marenatia a Maria ki a Georg von Trapp i te tau 1927 i muri i tana noho hei kaitiaki.