"J. R. Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>and Mozart's immortal "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
and "Wally Kairuz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
>is that a mozart melody?
No, it isn't. According to The Book of World Famous Music by James J. Fund,
it first appeared without words as "Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman" ("Shall I tell
you, Mother?") in Les Amusements d'une Heure et Demy by M. Bouin in Paris in
1761. Mozart did compose 12 variations on the melody.
It is, however, one of my daughter's favorite songs, in all its forms
(Twinkle Twinkle, ABCD, Baa-Baa Black Sheep).
-Fred
