[Dixielandjazz] Twinkle, twinkle ...

[Anton Crouch]

Hello all

The melody that we know as "Twinkle, twinkle little star" was not written
by W A Mozart but is a French traditional children's song with the title
"Ah vous dirai-je, maman".

It is commonly associated with Mozart because of his well known set of
piano variations on the song, K 265/300e, Vienna, 1781–2.

The song was popular in the late 18th/early 19th centuries and was used by
other composers such as Johann Friedrich Christmann, Johann Christoph
Friedrich Bach, Antoine Lacroix and Bernard Lorenziti. 

All the best
Anton