Eulenspiegel
Britishnoun
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Søndergård did it deftly, and went on to deliver the more exuberant humour of Richard Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel with plenty of flourish.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2012
Thomas proceeded to take the orchestra through a Starer concerto and Till Eulenspiegel without a slip, and the critics flipped.
From Time Magazine Archive
The caller identified himself as Till Eulenspiegel, the legendary German counterpart of Robin Hood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richard Strauss heard Szell play his transcription of Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel, and soon afterward chose him as his assistant in Berlin.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Germany Till Eulenspiegel was a rascal who lived in the first part of the fourteenth century and around whose name anecdotes clustered until he became an anti-hero.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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