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Richard Strauss's ＂Dance of the Seven Veils＂: The Creation of a Dance in an Opera
並列摘要
With its sensational plot and avant-garde musical style, Salome, established Richard Strauss's reputation as a first-rank opera composer. The ＂Dance of the Seven Veils＂ in this opera, which was originally entitled as Salomes Tanz by the composer, creates a climax in any production of this opera. This piece has been also singled out and performed in the form of independent orchestral work and has obtained no less performances than the tone poems of the composer. While the scholarship on the ＂Dance of the Seven Veils＂ has focused primarily on its eroticism in relation to contemporary literature and arts, this study concentrates on its music. In addition to a close examination on the manuscripts pertaining to Salomes Tanz, it also compares the results in each period of its composition with the finished version. It demonstrates that Richard Strauss started the composition of the Dance from inventing new musical ideas for it. When the composer later turned to the incorporation of the leitmotifs in the opera, it could be seen as a solution to his time pressure as well as an approach to compose a dance in an opera.