Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve".


Whilst composing Also Sprach Zarthustra, Strauss made this joke about the Bavaria weather to his friend, the conductor Max von Schillings. Quoted in Kurt Wilhelm, Richard Strauss - an intimate portrait, page 73. - Other sources

Richard Strauss Quotes

Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve.

Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve.

Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve.

Man (in B major) asks: When? When? Nature, (in C Major) answers from the depths Never, never, never will the weather improve.