Table of Contents

List of illustrations; General preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: chronology and background; 2. From play to libretto; 3. Synopsis; 4. Posthumous history; 5. The formal design; 6. Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic language; 7. Act III, scene 2, b.1146 - 1326: an analysis; 8. A suggested interpretation; Documents 1. Pandora's Box (1905) Karl Kraus; 2. The case of 'Pandora's Box' (1905): From the judgement of the Berlin Royal District Court; 3. On the 'Pandora's Box' case (1906) Frank Wedekind; 4. A note on Act III of Lulu (1964) George Perle; 5. The 'lost' score of the 'Symphonic Pieces from Lulu' Douglas Jarman; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index.

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This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language.