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Till Eulenspiegel

or Tyll Eu·len·spie·gel, Tyl Eul·en·spie·gel

[ til oi-luhn-shpee-guhl ]

noun

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


Till Eulenspiegel

/ ˈtɪl ˈɔɪlənˌʃpiːɡəl /

noun

  1. ?14th century, legendary German peasant, whose pranks became the subject of many tales
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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More recently the composer has won success with a work on the subject of Till Eulenspiegel.

Till Eulenspiegel is the only new ballet the Russians have produced in America.

But no one was buying, only looking—like Till Eulenspiegel, as though the smell was enough.

Strauss remarked that in Till Eulenspiegel he had given the critics a hard nut to crack.

His version of this episode fits the music and, in the original Till Eulenspiegel stories, Till is not hanged, but dies in bed.

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