<P> In the original stage play , the Mother Abbess sings the song at the end of the first act . When Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation , he shifted the scene so that this song would be the first major song of the second act . When Robert Wise and his film crew were filming this scene , Peggy Wood had some reservations about the words , which she felt were too `` pretentious . '' So they filmed Peggy Wood in silhouette , against the wall of the set for the Mother Abbess ' office . Peggy Wood 's singing voice is dubbed by Margery MacKay , the wife of the rehearsal pianist Harper MacKay , as Wood was not able to sing the high notes of the song . The last note that the Mother Abbess sings in the film is an F - sharp ( F # 5 ) . </P>
<P> In the original stage play , the Mother Abbess sings the song at the end of the first act . When Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation , he shifted the scene so that this song would be the first major song of the second act . When Robert Wise and his film crew were filming this scene , Peggy Wood had some reservations about the words , which she felt were too `` pretentious . '' So they filmed Peggy Wood in silhouette , against the wall of the set for the Mother Abbess ' office . Peggy Wood 's singing voice is dubbed by Margery MacKay , the wife of the rehearsal pianist Harper MacKay , as Wood was not able to sing the high notes of the song . The last note that the Mother Abbess sings in the film is an F - sharp ( F # 5 ) . </P>
who sang climb every mountain in the movie the sound of music
who sang climb every mountain in the movie the sound of music
Margery MacKay
Margery MacKay