Till Eulenspiegel

American  

[til oi-luhn-shpee-guhl] / ˈtɪl ˈɔɪ lənˌʃpi gəl /

Or Tyll Eulenspiegel,

noun

1. a legendary German peasant of the 14th century whose practical jokes yielded many stories.

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Till Eulenspiegel British  

/ ˈtɪl ˈɔɪlənˌʃpiːɡəl /

noun

1. ?14th century, legendary German peasant, whose pranks became the subject of many tales

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Till Eulenspiegel

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

But when he ventured into the late 19th century with Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel, or the 20th with the Samuel Barber oratorio Prayers of Kierkegaard, the results were less persuasive.

From Time Magazine Archive

They remarked, not for the first time, that the genius who wrote Elektra and Rosenkavalier, Till Eulenspiegel and Don Juan, had petered out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thomas proceeded to take the orchestra through a Starer concerto and Till Eulenspiegel without a slip, and the critics flipped.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thrown on my own resources I tried, amongst other things, to read Till Eulenspiegel, and this popular book first gave me the idea of a real German comic opera.

From My Life — Volume 1 by Wagner, Richard