Note 161 — STRAUSS
Reading edition
In this section of the symphony occur the celebrated genealogical references of the composer. Above a brief and emphatic ascending figure in the clarinets and trumpet is this note in the score: "The Aunts: 'Just like his papa!'" Oboes, horns, and trombone rejoin in an uncompromising descending phrase which is superscribed: "The Uncles: 'Just like his mamma!'"