Musicology Annotation << Back From the history of creation of the French Salom&#233; by Richard Strauss Natalia I. Degtyareva This article is devoted to the history of creation of the little-known French version of the opera Salomé by Richard Strauss based on the original text of the Oscar Wildeʼs play. There are considered the main motives of correspondence between Richard Strauss and Romain Rolland connected with a process of working this version; there are described separate episodes in performing life of the opera. Keywords: Richard Strauss, Oscar Wilde, Romain Rolland, the French Salomé by R. Strauss. Contacts: E-mail: natad-49@mail.ru Pp. 44-48.