Till Eulenspiegel

American

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

Or Tyll Eulenspiegel,

noun

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

Till Eulenspiegel British

/ ˈtɪl ˈɔɪlənˌʃpiːɡəl /

noun

?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

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

Thomas, the orchestra's new assistant conductor and Steinberg's understudy, took over after intermission and handled Strauss's familiar Till Eulenspiegel and Robert Starer's new Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra with ease, poise and cool.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Richard Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel: "An hour of original music in a lunatic asylum."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was sure in his tone, was low-German in "Till Eulenspiegel," courtly and brilliant in "Don Juan," noble and bitterly sarcastic in "Don Quixote," childlike in "Tod und Verklärung."

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld

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