> In the 1965 movie The Sound of Music, what's the name of the oldest child in thevon Trapp family?And the answer: Liesl. In the movie, a young woman named Maria becomes a governess, or live-in tutor,to seven children of a retired naval officer. In order of age, the children'snames are Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl.The von Trapp family from The Sound of Music. Image: The San DiegoUnion-Tribune.The Sound of Music has long since been a classic, well-loved musical. As thelast work of legendary duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, its legacy remains pertinentand celebrated. Interestingly, though The Sound of Music was based on a truestory, but there were plenty of differences between Maria Kutschera's 1949memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers and the film. For one thing, Mariawas brought to the von Trapp home to care for one child (who had scarlet feverand was too ill to walk to school), not all seven children. Photo credit: IMDB.Despite the differences, though, the musical was a hit withaudiences. The Sound of Music opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre onNovember 16, 1959. Both major New York critics hated it, finding it toosentimental, but producers already had $2 million in advance ticket sales, sothey weren't too worried. The play won six Tony Awards, including Best Musicaland a third Best Actress award for Mary Martin (she already had trophies for South Pacific and Peter Pan). Additionally, the original cast recording of TheSound of Music was nearly as popular as the show itself. Recorded just a weekafter the show's Broadway premiere and released by Columbia Records, the albumwas number one on the Billboard charts for 16 weeks.Learn more about The Sound of Music here[https://www.biography.com/news/sound-of-music-facts].