He also drew several comic book adaptions of famous novels such as Till Eulenspiegel, Treasure Island and Moby Dick.
His notebooks from this period show that, among others, Schumann considered the stories of the Nibelungen, Lohengrin and Till Eulenspiegel to be good candidates for settings in German opera.
The TES website states that its name is based on takes its name from Till Eulenspiegel, a character described as a "foolish yet clever lad" in medieval German folklore.
Emmett Till | Till Eulenspiegel | Till Death Us Do Part | Till Brönner | Star Ocean: Till the End of Time | River Till | Till Lindemann | Till Death Us Do Part (British TV series) | Till Bronner | Rapport till himlen | No Sleep till Brooklyn | Alive Till I'm Dead | You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You | You Don't Miss Your Water ('Till Your Well Runs Dry) | Vägen hem till dej | Till the Clouds Roll By | Till Tantau | Till Roenneberg | Till I Met You | Till-Holger Borchert | Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage and the Mind of the Killer Spouse | Steve Von Till | Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut | Jeremy Till | Howard J. Van Till | Hem till byn | Give Till It's Gone | Darrell Till |
Finally, Till Eulenspiegel was premiered by the Bielefeld Opera in Germany conducted by Geoffrey Moull in 1993, and The Mystery of Apostle Paul was premiered in concert on August 4, 1995, Hanover after the composer’s death.