 Like "The Merry Widow", "Der Graf von Luxemburg " deals with the themes of how the promise of wealth affects love and marriage, and the contrast between the gaiety of Parisian society and Slavic seriousness.The libretto was written by Alfred Maria Willner, Robert Bodanzky and Leo Stein.Stein had previously worked with Lehár on his 1904 "Der Göttergatte", and Bodanzky had co-authored the librettos for both "Peter und Paul reisen ins Schlaraffenland" and "Mitislaw der Moderne".