"Salome and Pelléas et Mélisande are the most striking works in European music for the last fifteen years."
— Richard Strauss

January 1, 1970

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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.