"Salome and Pelléas et Mélisande are the most striking works in European music for the last fifteen years."
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Maurice Ravel. First Quote in Kurt Wihlem, Richard Strauss - an intimate portrait, page 86. Second quote from A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews, Arbie Orenstein (editor), Dover Publications Inc, page 232. Strauss and Ravel met several times when Strauss was in Paris to conduct. This quote dates from 1907. The feeling was mutual: Strauss was a great admirer of Ravel.
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Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German (Bavarian) composer of classical music and conductor. His music has always been popular: both in the concert hall and on recordings. He is perhaps best known nowadays for his Operas, of which Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos are the most frequently performed. He was also a composer of symphonic works such as Thus Spake Zarathustra and A Hero's Life. He wrote many songs for
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