{"id":4457,"date":"2020-01-30T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicainfotemp.kinsta.cloud\/blog-site\/2020\/01\/30\/till-eulenspiegel-a-fool-with-class\/"},"modified":"2020-03-03T09:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T08:09:10","slug":"till-eulenspiegel-a-fool-with-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicainfo.blog\/en\/till-eulenspiegel-a-fool-with-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Till Eulenspiegel, a fool with class."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to tradition, Till Eulenspiegel<\/a> was born in 1300 in Kneitlingen am Elm (Germany). Eulenspiegel is often depicted in later illustrations with attributes like a fool’s cap. However, he is not simply to be regarded as a designated jester. In the stories he seems to be superior to his fellow men in intellectual power, insight and wit. Eulenspiegel’s pranks often result from taking a figurative expression literally. The most common interpretation of this today is that he used this literal interpretation as a means to expose the shortcomings of his fellow men and to vent his anger about the grievances of his time.<\/strong> (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n

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Till Eulenspiegel can also be found in music<\/a>, probably best known in Richard Strauss’ tone poem “Till Eulenspiegel’s funny pranks”. Strauss worked from late 1893 to spring 1894 on a libretto for a projected opera entitled “Till Eulenspiegel bei den Schildb\u00fcrgern”; he probably already sketched some musical motifs. However, for unknown reasons, he broke off work and instead composed the tone poem Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks in spring 1895; in the old roguish manner in the form of a roundel; set for large orchestra. He finished the fair copy on 6 May 1895 in Munich. The piece is dedicated to Arthur Seidl, a publicist and Nietzschean with whom Strauss had been friends for several years.<\/p>\n\n

The piece was first performed on 5 November 1895 during the second subscription concert of the K\u00f6lner Konzertgesellschaft at the G\u00fcrzenich zu K\u00f6ln with the St\u00e4dtisches G\u00fcrzenich-Orchester conducted by Franz W\u00fcllner.<\/p>\n\n

The composition begins with a prologue, as if a narrator was reading “Once upon a time”. Later, two different motifs are introduced, which represent Till and are varied throughout the work. The rondo form suggested by the subtitle turns out to be very free; the work contains elements of sonata form as well as variation, and with its rapid 6-8 beat, the piece is reminiscent of a symphonic scherzo. Remarkable are numerous parodistic and tone-painting effects.<\/p>\n\n

This and other works for wind orchestra were published in January 2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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