But once they have arrived at this point; when, dazzled⁠—and rightly so⁠—by the brilliant orchestral colouring of Richard Strauss, they see that musician adopt with an indulgence worthy of Auber the most vulgar motifs, what those people originally admired finds suddenly in so high an authority a justification which delights them, and they let themselves be enchanted without scruple and with a twofold gratitude, when they listen to

Salomé , by what it would have been impossible for them to admire in Les Diamants de la Couronne .