Although it was unimaginable for Korngold ever to adapt an original work, it just happened. His standpoint was: ‘Actually I am an enemy of all adaptations’. As a conductor, he was given the task of arranging Johann Strauss’s operetta ‘Das Spitzentuch der Königin’ (‘The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief’) for a Viennese performance. He polished up the instrumentation of the vocal numbers to suit the taste of the audience, incorporated lively melodies from other works, embedded well-known waltzes, and thus turned the Strauss arrangement into a genuine work of Korngold.