Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

E441183

orchestral work symphonic tone poem

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche is a symphonic tone poem by Richard Strauss that vividly depicts the mischievous adventures of the folkloric trickster Till Eulenspiegel through colorful orchestral writing.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Till Eulenspiegel	3
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche canonical	2
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, nach alter Schelmenweise – in Rondeauform – für großes Orchester gesetzt	1
mischief of Till Eulenspiegel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4471062 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Context triple: [Richard Strauss, notableWork, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche]

A. Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
B. An die Freude
"An die Freude" is Friedrich Schiller’s ode celebrating universal brotherhood and joy, famously set to music in the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
C. Tale of the miller and his wife
The "Tale of the Miller and His Wife" is a short inset story from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses that illustrates themes of marital conflict, deception, and domestic misfortune within the larger narrative.
D. Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
E. Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Biedermann und die Brandstifter is a satirical play by Swiss author Max Frisch that explores themes of complicity and moral cowardice in the face of rising fascism and destructive forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Target entity description: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche is a symphonic tone poem by Richard Strauss that vividly depicts the mischievous adventures of the folkloric trickster Till Eulenspiegel through colorful orchestral writing.

A. Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte is a classic German novella about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the cost of worldly gain.
B. An die Freude
"An die Freude" is Friedrich Schiller’s ode celebrating universal brotherhood and joy, famously set to music in the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
C. Tale of the miller and his wife
The "Tale of the Miller and His Wife" is a short inset story from Apuleius’ Metamorphoses that illustrates themes of marital conflict, deception, and domestic misfortune within the larger narrative.
D. Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
E. Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Biedermann und die Brandstifter is a satirical play by Swiss author Max Frisch that explores themes of complicity and moral cowardice in the face of rising fascism and destructive forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	orchestral work ⓘ symphonic tone poem ⓘ
approximateDuration	15 minutes ⓘ
basedOn	German folklore ⓘ Till Eulenspiegel ⓘ linked to: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
catalogue	TrV 171 ⓘ
composer	Richard Strauss ⓘ
compositionYear	1894 ⓘ 1895 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
depicts	execution of Till Eulenspiegel ⓘ mischief of Till Eulenspiegel ⓘ linked to: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche pranks ⓘ
era	Romantic era ⓘ
featuresInstrument	brass ⓘ clarinet ⓘ horn ⓘ percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ
firstPublisherCity	Munich ⓘ
followedBy	Don Quixote ⓘ
genre	late Romantic music ⓘ program music ⓘ
hasForm	rondo-like form ⓘ
hasSubject	satire of society ⓘ trickster figure ⓘ
intendedFor	concert performance ⓘ
key	F major ⓘ
notableMotif	clarinet theme representing Till Eulenspiegel ⓘ horn theme representing Till Eulenspiegel ⓘ
orchestration	large orchestra ⓘ
originalTitle	Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, nach alter Schelmenweise – in Rondeauform – für großes Orchester gesetzt ⓘ linked to: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
partOf	orchestral tone poems by Richard Strauss ⓘ
precededBy	Also sprach Zarathustra ⓘ linked to: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
premiereConductor	Franz Wüllner ⓘ
premiereCountry	Germany ⓘ
premiereDate	1895-11-05 ⓘ
premierePlace	Cologne ⓘ
publisher	Joseph Aibl ⓘ
structure	single movement ⓘ
style	colorful orchestration ⓘ humorous character ⓘ virtuosic writing ⓘ
titleLanguage	German ⓘ
workNumber	Op. 28 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited