After a brief introduction, often interpreted as an expression of "once upon a time," the composer states the theme early on with a bravura passage for French horn.  
After a brief introduction, often interpreted as an expression of "once upon a time," the composer states the theme early on with a bravura passage for French horn.  Contrived as a response to criticism for the composer's opera Guntram, this single-movement work for orchestra is characterized by abrupt shifts in scoring between instruments.  It is in the form of a large-scale rondo and the various rondo episodes include the title character railing at preachers, making fun of intellectuals, and finally being sentenced to death.  FTP, name this tone poem by Richard Strauss, centering on a medieval German pranskter.
After a brief introduction, often interpreted as an expression of "once upon a time," the composer states the theme early on with a bravura passage for French horn.  
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks or Till Eulenspiegels lustiche Streiche