The Sound of Silence

The Hills may be Alive with The Sound of Music, but not in Vermont, where Werner von Trapp spent the last part of his life.

Werner, born just before Christmas i 1915, died on October 11. The Times honored him with an obituary.

Here in the society, we are slightly uncertain of what to think about his living legacy, his four grandchildren carrying on the torch as The von Trapp Children ...