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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, based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. Songs from the musical became popular standards, including The Sound of Music, Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Climb Every Mountain, and Do-Re-Mi.