Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

by Richard Strauss

Inspired thematic transformations and deft scoring characterize this beloved tone poem, long admired for its witty musical portrait of a scamp. According to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians , "Till is a masterpiece on every level." Instrumentation. Glossary.

64 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1981

About the author

Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor best known for his tone poems and operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Along with Gustav Mahler, he represents the late flowering of German Romanticism, in which pioneering subtleties of orchestration are combined with an advanced harmonic style.