Johann Strauss and Vienna

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• 1. The birth of a genre
• 2. Creators and performers of Viennese operetta
• 3. 'Austria personified': Strauss and the search for Viennese identity
• 4. From ballroom to theater: musical style and Indigo und die vierzig Rauber
• 5. Die Fledermaus and the illusion of Carnival in Vienna
• 6. Austro-Hungarian relations and Der Zigeunerbaron
• 7. Waltzing Brunnhilde: Zukunftsmusik and Viennese operetta
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Synopses
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.