Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

[ATOB2]

I know someone famous composed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, who was it?

[dionysus]

mozart

[Anthony]

The answer to the question who wrote Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is not simple,some say that it is just a traditional children's song, some say it was written by Wolfgang Mozart, and others that Joseph Haydn wrote it, it may well be that it's actually a compilation by many writers over the years. One things for certian it wasn't Pete Waterman !!!!!Yes, I believe it was Mozart who composed the theme and variations of the tune for the piano.

[gealmactire]

It was definitely Mozart. I learned that in music class in high school & looked it up again in college.

[ajgalla]

For what it's worth, the rhyme was written by sisters Jane and Ann Taylor who once resided in my home town, Colchester, Essex. Visitors can see a plaque on a house in West Stockwell Street, commemorating the fact.

[moswell]

I agree with gealmactire, the tune of twinkle twinkle little star was definately written by Mozart, I learnt that many years ago in Music and I also have a book called Crazy But True and that also states it was written by Mozart, I can't remember his exact age but it was something like 5

[shonendahl]

I have heard that it was Mozart when he was 5 years old. His father had been writing concertos, etc. for the church and had studied music. Mozart was also a child prodigy and started touring when he was 7.

[jmaltais]

I don't know about the lyrics but the music was definitely written by Mozart. You can see the music in one of Mozart's houses in Vienna which is now a museum.

[parkenyc]

Mozart wrote a theme and 12 variations on the French folk song, Ah, vous dirai-je, maman.

[alanw]

The rhyme The Star or Twinkle, twinkle,little star Was written by Jane Taylor in 1806. The music was written by Mozart at some time before the date 1806. Have a look on the Google web site for more details. www.google.com

[.comMistress]

It was definately Mozart but the music itself has many lyrics that go with it twinkle twinkle is just one of them the aphabet song (abcd) is also sung to the same music as well as a few others...

[hartbrayka]

Proof that it was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, It actually isn't called twinkle twinkle, someone added the words to it later on to make it a childrens song. But the name of the piece Mozart wrote is "Ah!Vous Dirai-Je, Mamman" Or it is also called Theme and 3 Variations. This can be found in most music stores, one book that I have it in is "More easy Classics to Moderns. Volume 27 Music for Millions Series. So this is Proof to the Question. Check it out yourself.

[tamilaf]

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

[evilpixie]

Amadeus Mozart

[JimWJr]

I have seen it ascribed to Leopold Mozart in a piano book, but Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a theme and variations called "Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman".

[JimWJr]

Perhaps both Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart made use of the same French song, "Ah! Vous Dirais-Je, Maman". The spelling of these French words varies between publishers.