It has been called "the most sickening chord in all opera", an "epoch-making dissonance with which Strauss takes Salome...to the depth of degradation", and "the quintessence of Decadence: here is ecstasy falling in upon itself, crumbling into the abyss".
Det har kallats "det mest sjuka ackord i hela operan", en "epokgörande dissonans med vilken Strauss tar Salome till förnedringens botten", och "Dekadensens kvintessens: här trillar extasen omkull, faller ner i avgrunden".