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Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel. Tone-poem for orch., Op.28, by R. Strauss, full title being Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, nach alter Schelmenweise—in Rondeauform—für grosses Orchester gestetzt ( Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, in the manner of an old rogue—in rondo form—set for full orchestra). Comp. 1894–5, f.p. Cologne 1895 cond. Wüllner. Strauss abandoned idea of opera on the subject 1893–4. Till's adventures were first told in a 15th-cent. book and remain part of Ger. folklore. Other composers who have treated the subject incl. Alpaerts (symphonic poem), Blockx (opera, 1900), Jeremiáš (opera, 1949), Rezniček (opera, 1902), and M. Steinberg (ballet). Strauss's score has been basis of several ballets, incl. one by Nijinsky (1916).
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-TillEulenspiegel.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-TillEulenspiegel.html |
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Eulenspiegel, Till
Eulenspiegel, Till, a German peasant of the early 14th cent. whose jests and practical jokes form the subject of a collection of satirical tales; one of these incidents features in Chaucer's ‘Summoner's Tale’ (in Canterbury Tales, 8). The earliest surviving printed edition, in High German, was published in Strasburg in 1515; there were early translations into English, and many other languages. In England Till was known as Owlglass; an abridged translation into English by William Copland was published as A Merye Jest of a Man that Was called Howleglas (c.1555). There are references to Owlglass in Jonson and John Taylor.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-EulenspiegelTill.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-EulenspiegelTill.html |
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Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel [Ger.,=owl-mirror, hence English Owlglass], a north German peasant clown of the 14th cent. who was immortalized in chapbooks describing his practical jokes on clerics and townsfolk. The first Till chapbook (c.1500) was probably in Saxon, but the story it told spread all over Europe and North Britain. Till is the hero of a tone poem by Richard Strauss and of many novels, poems, and stories. Tyll Ulenspiegel is one of the variant spellings.
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"Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Eulenspi.html "Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Eulenspi.html |
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Eulenspiegel, Till
Eulenspiegel, Till a German peasant (in English, Owlglass) of the 14th century whose jokes were the subject of a 16th-century collection of satirical tales.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-EulenspiegelTill.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-EulenspiegelTill.html |
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Eulenspiegel, Till
Eulenspiegel, Till ( Strauss). See Till Eulenspiegel.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-EulenspiegelTill.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Eulenspiegel, Till." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-EulenspiegelTill.html |
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Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel see Eulenspiegel, Till . |
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"Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-TillEule.html "Till Eulenspiegel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-TillEule.html |
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Till Eulenspiegel
Till Eulenspiegel, see Eulenspiegel.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-TillEulenspiegel.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Till Eulenspiegel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-TillEulenspiegel.html |
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