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 | | For Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose), which is set in 18th-century Vienna, Strauss turned, rather surprisingly, to the waltz. |
 | | By the time Richard Strauss - no relation - composed Der Rosenkavalier in 1909-10, the sun was setting on that golden age, and he used the waltz as short-hand for the elegance and grace of a bygone era. |
 | | In the opera, Octavian, a young nobleman (sung by a mezzo-soprano, which makes the part one of the most famous so-called trouser roles), is carrying on a love affair with the Marschallin (she is married to a Field Marshal, which explains her name, a feminized form of the German "Marschall"). |
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