![]() Deletion discussions: listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Literature.See also the list by category, the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Cleanup: A cleanup listing for this project is available.Join WikiProject Children's literature and list yourself as a Participant in the project. ![]() #WHO WROTE TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR FREE#Feel free to help with any of the following tasks. THOUGH THE SDSAB DOES ITS BEST, THESE COLUMNS ARE EDITED BY ED ZOTTI, NOT CECIL, SO ACCURACYWISE YOU'D BETTER KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Children's literature, an attempt to create and standardize articles related to children's literature. ![]() Send questions to Cecil via REPORTS ARE WRITTEN BY THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD, CECIL'S ONLINE AUXILIARY. SDStaff Jill, Straight Dope Science Advisory Board Nobody knows who originally wrote the French melody, but whoever it was, Little Richard ain’t got nothin’ on him for lost royalties. They were probably first set to this tune in The Singing Master: First Class Tune-Book in 1838.Ĭlearly there are many, many versions of lyrics and variations on this tune in the western world. The words to “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” were written in London in 1806 by Jane Taylor as “The Star” in her book Rhymes for the Nursery. Rosewig’s Illustrated National Nursery Songs and Games in 1879. The same lyrics showed up set to this music in the U.S. The words to “Baa Baa Black Sheep” were included in Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book with a different melody in 1744 in London. The alphabet song was first copyrighted under the title “The Schoolmaster” in Boston by C. Of course this is the topic of hot debate among conductors and musicologists.īack to the English/American lyrics, again according to James Fund, the song “Mark My Alford” was set to this music in Philadelphia in 1794 and it appeared in a songbook in New York as “The Delights of Wedded Love” in 1795. One guy, Patrick Turner, wrote a whole book postulating that Elgar’s “Enigma” has its roots in the “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” tune. #WHO WROTE TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR SERIES#The second movement to Joseph Haydn’s “Surprise” Symphony (#94, written in 1791) is a series of variations of this tune, and Beethoven improvised on it in his second public concert in Prague in 1798. ![]() Many other famous composers have been inspired by or written variations on this theme. The Compleat Mozart edited by Neal Zaslaw listed the “Twelve variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman” as number K265, written probably in Vienna in 1781 or 1782, which would put Mozart at around 26 years old. Mozart did compose variations on this theme for piano, probably as practice keyboard exercises for his students. Here’s the first stanza of the first known written version:Īh! vous dirai-je, maman, Ce qui cause mon tourment Depuis que j’ai vu Silvandre Me regarder d’un air tendre, Mon coeur dit a tout moment: Peut-on vivre sans amant? The earliest known lyrics to be attached to this melody appeared around 1765 as “Le Faux Pas,” as “La Confidence-Naive” in 1774, and then in Paris around 1780 as “Les Amours de Silvandre.” 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. According to The Book of World Famous Music by James J. Also known as “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” in the United States and “Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank?” (sung to other tunes, too) in Germany, the melody was used for an early country song in France. ![]() The alphabet was first set to this tune in 1834 (I’ll get to that later), but the tune itself is older and nobody knows who came up with it. Unfortunately, like many of the stories I enjoy and pass onto others, it isn’t true. Until I looked into this, I always thought Mozart wrote it when he was very young. Dear Straight Dope: I wanted to ask you, who wrote the melody to the alphabet song? I would greatly appreciate an answer if you have one. ![]()
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