The song was created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music. It was the last song written by Oscar Hammerstein II, who died in August 1960. The edelweiss is a popular flower in Austria and was featured on the old Austrian 1 schilling coin.
About Edelweiss (song) in brief
The song was created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, as a song for the character Captain Georg von Trapp. In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film when he rediscovers music with his children. It was the last song written by Oscar Hammerstein II, who died in August 1960. The edelweiss is a popular flower in Austria and was featured on the old Austrian 1 schilling coin. It can also now be seen on the 2 cent Euro coin. The flower is protected in Austrian and illegal to pick. It is also worn as a cap emblem by certain Austrian Army and the German Gebirgsjäger units stationed in the nearby Bavarian Alps.
There is similar confusion about another song co-authored by Hammerstein, ‘Ol’ Man’ River, which is widely believed to be an African-American spiritual. The song is one of the most beloved songs in the musical, as well as one. of the best-loved songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The great popularity of the song in the Anglosphere has led many of its audience to believe that it is an Austrian folk song or even the official national anthem. However, Austria’s official anthem is Land der Berge, Land am Strome.
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