A full account of the making, during 1909-10, of Der Rosenkavalier, with emphasis on its derivation from a French opérette of 1907, L'Ingenu libertin.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Overture
Beginners On the page... ...and onto the stage
Act One:The Young Libertine
Act Two: Who was Harry Kessler?
Act Three in two scenes and an Epilogue: Creating Der Rosenkavalier
Scene One - devising the scenario
Scene Two - characterisation and authorship
Epilogue
Creating Der Rosenkavalier - a retrospective
Bibliography