After winning a competition for folksingers at the 1936 Salzburg Festival, the von Trapps were asked to sing a half hour radio program, which resulted in singing before Austria's chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg.
The von Trapps were asked to sing a half hour radio program. The von Trapps was winning a competition for folksingers at the 1936 Salzburg Festival. A half hour radio program resulted in singing before Austria's chancellor. Kurt von Schuschnigg was Austria's chancellor.