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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music

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The Sound of Music, subtitled Original Broadway Cast, is an album containing a recording of the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music made by its original cast. The album was released in the same year by Columbia.

Opened
1959
Performances
1,443
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Richard RodgersLyrics: Oscar Hammerstein IIBook: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1960.

Productions4 on Broadway

1959 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Original. November 16, 1959 · Vincent J. Donehue 1,443 performances · 5 Tony wins
1981 Apollo Victoria Theatre Original.
1998 Martin Beck Theatre Revival. March 12, 1998 · Susan H. Schulman 533 performances
2006 London Palladium Original.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 71 albums held

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The Sound of Music
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The Sound of Music (Premiere Cast Album)
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The Sound of Music Masterworks Broadway
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor LSOD-2005
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The Sound of Music: An Original Soundtrack Recording BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. D100046; RCA Victor PCD1-2005
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The Sound of Music RCA 68 037 1 (Club Edition)
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor LSOD 2005; RCA Victor LSOD-2005
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The Sound of Music Columbia Masterworks KOL 5450. 1959
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The Sound of Music Columbia Masterworks KOS 2020. 1959
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The Sound of Music His Master’s Voice CLP 1453. 1961
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The Sound of Music World Record Club T 89; World Record Club T. 89. 1961
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor LSOD-2005. 1965
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor FTO-5033. 1965
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor RB-6616. 1965
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The Sound of Music RCA SX-227. 1972
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The Sound of Music RCA R32P-1066. 1986
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The Sound of Music: An Original Soundtrack Recording RCA PCD1-2005. 1986
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The Sound of Music Telarc Digital DG-10162. 1988
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The Sound of Music Telarc Digital CD-80162. 1988
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The Sound of Music Columbia CK 32601. 1990
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The Sound of Music: An Original Soundtrack Recording RCA BD82005. 1990
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The Sound of Music RCA ND90368. 1990
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The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Film Scores 4267-02. 1994
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor 07863 66587-2. 1995
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor 07863 66587-2; BMG Direct D 108330. 1995
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The Sound of Music RCA 07863 66587 2; BMG. 1995
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The Sound of Music (1961 original London cast) LaserLight Digital 12 448. February 21, 1995
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The Sound of Music (1961 original London cast) Broadway Angel ZMD 7243 8 52656 2 4. January 14, 1997
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The Sound of Music (1998 Broadway revival cast) RCA Victor 09026-63207-2. 1998
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The Sound of Music (1959 original Broadway cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60583. September 15, 1998
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The Sound of Music RCA SPCD 1142. 2000
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The Sound of Music RCA 07863 67965-2. 2000
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The Sound of Music RCA. August 21, 2000
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The Sound of Music RCA 07863 67972-2. August 22, 2000
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The Sound of Music: De musical Stage Music 066 533-2. 2002
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The Sound of Music Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876 668272; RCA 82876668272. 2004
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The Sound of Music RCA Victor Broadway Masterworks 82876746342. 2005
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The Sound of Music October 31, 2005
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The Sound of Music Legacy 82876725562; RCA Victor 82876725562. November 8, 2005
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La Mélodie du bonheur RCA Victor Broadway Masterworks 82876725572. November 24, 2005
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The Sound of Music: London Palladium Cast Recording Really Useful Records 1718876. 2006
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サウンド・オブ・ミュージック BMG Japan BVCM-31193. May 24, 2006
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The Sound of Music RCA. August 21, 2006
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The Sound of Music Carbon Music & Entertainment MOSSOM01; Sony BMG Music Entertainm…. October 5, 2008
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The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition Masterworks Broadway 58661. November 3, 2009
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The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition Masterworks Broadway. November 3, 2009
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The Sound of Music V&V Entertainment VV 2009 10004 2. November 20, 2009
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The Sound of Music (1981 London Cast) Pet Sounds PS1001. September 27, 2010
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The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2267290; Sony Music A778412. November 2, 2010
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The Sound of Music Legacy 88697790862; RCA Victor 88697790862. November 2, 2010
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The Sound of Music Sony Music A778412. November 2, 2010
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The Sound of Music Broken Audio. April 20, 2012
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The Sound of Music The Digital Gramophone. September 10, 2012
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The Sound of Music Sony Music 88843015562. 2013
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The Sound of Music: Music From the NBC Television Event Masterworks 88883 79814 2. 2013
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The Sound of Music Craft Recordings. 2015
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The Sound of Music Craft Recordings CR00404. 2015
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The Sound of Music Masterworks. 2015
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The Sound of Music Legacy 88875056992; RCA 88875056992. March 9, 2015
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The Sound of Music Legacy 88875056992; RCA 88875056992. March 9, 2015
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The Sound of Music Razor & Tie 7930183654-2. March 10, 2015
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The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary 5‐Disc Edition (disc 5) March 10, 2015
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The Sound Of Music 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 95730SDG. June 1, 2016
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The Sound Of Music Concord. December 1, 2023
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The Sound of Music Craft Recordings CR00446. December 1, 2023
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The Sound Of Music Concord. December 1, 2023
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The Sound of Music Craft Recordings CR00445. December 1, 2023
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The Sound Of Music Concord; Craft Recordings. December 1, 2023
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The Sound Of Music Craft Recordings. December 1, 2023
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The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording / Super Deluxe Edition) Craft Recordings. December 1, 2023
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The Sound of Music September 5, 2025

Licensing 2 entries

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45 passages naming The Sound of Music, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

South Pacific was the first of two musicals (the other was The Sound of Music) in which Mary Martin, who played Nellie, was seen as a Rodgers and Hammerstein heroine. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p140

Because Neway was appearing as the Mother Abbess in the original 1959 Broadway production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music, she was free only on Sundays, and so the 1960 revival was given twice on two consecutive Sunday evenings. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p35

"It was followed by a third live presentation by NBC on December 8, 1960, during the period when Mary Martin was appearing on Broadway in The Sound of Music ." book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p416

The rich score offered a cornucopia of popular songs, including “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Climb Every Mountain,” “The Lonely Goatherd,” the title song, and “Edelweiss,” perhaps the musical’s finest number. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p835

he musical might not have the “popular appeal” of earlier works by Rodgers and Hammerstein, but of course he couldn’t have foreseen the musical’s worldwide popularity with its long runs, frequent revivals, and overwhelmingly popular film adaptation. There seems no doubt today that The Sound of Music is the team’s best… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p837

Tony Awards and Nominations : Best Musical (The Sound of Music , in a tie with Fiorello! ); Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Mary Martin ); Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Theodore Bikel); Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Kurt Kasznar); Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Patricia Neway ); book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p839

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