Gatefold Cover is VG+ (shelf wear) Record is VG+ Labels are clean Visually Graded Tracklist: Side 1 1.1 Preludium 1.2 The Sound Of Music 2 Maria 3 My Favorite Things 4 Do-Re-Me 5 Sixteen Going On Seventeen 6 The Lonely Goatherd 7 How Can Love Survive Side 2 1 The Sound Of Music (Reprise) 2 Laendler 3 So Long, Farewell 4 Climb Ev'ry Mountain 5 No Way To Stop It 6 An Ordinary Couple 7 Processional 8 Sixteen Going On Seventeen 9 Edelweiss 10 Climb Ev'ry Mountain The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, including "Do-Re-Mi", "My Favorite Things", "Edelweiss", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", and the title song "The Sound of Music". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, as Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere.