General preface
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An introduction in the shape of a memoir Donald Mitchell
2. A Death in Venice chronicle Rosamund Strode
3. The libretto Myfanwy Piper
4. The Venice sketchbook Colin Matthews
5. The first production Colin Graham
6. Synopsis: the story, the music not excluded Peter Evans
7. Tonal ambiguity in Death in Venice: a symphonic view Eric Roseberry
8. Twelve-note structures and tonal polarity John Evans
9. Britten and the gamelan: Balinese influences in Death in Venice Mervyn Cooke
10. Britten's Venice orchestra Christopher Palmer
11. Death in Venice and the Third String Quartet David Matthews
12. Mann and his novella: Death in Venice T. J. Reed
13. The novella transformed: Thomas Mann as opera Patrick Carnegy
14. Aschenbach becomes Mahler: Thomas Mann as film Philip Reed
15. 'I was Thomas Mann's Tadzio'
16. Critical reception: Britten's Venice Ned Rorem
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index.
