who composed the music for twinkle twinkle little star
several composers including Mozart
title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in "Rhymes for the Nursery", a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. It is sung to the tune of the French melody "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman", which was published in 1761 and later arranged by several composers including Mozart with Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman". The English lyrics have five stanzas, although only the first is widely title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: known. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7666. This song is usually performed in the key of C major. The song is in the public domain, and has many adaptations around the world. The English lyrics were first written as a poem by Jane Taylor (1783–1824) and published with the title "The Star" in "Rhymes for the Nursery" by Jane and her sister Ann Taylor (1782–1866) in London in 1806: The lyrics from "The Star" were first published with the tune in "The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book" in 1838. Although before, when it was just title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: upon an earth and so forth. As of December 2018, a version of the songs uploaded to YouTube by the channel "Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs" has received over 1.0 billion views. A version using synonyms from Roget's Thesaurus exists. The song can also be played as a singing game. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in "Rhymes for the Nursery", a collection of poems by Taylor title: Duncan and Brady text: Duncan and Brady "Duncan and Brady", also known as "Been on the Job Too Long", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", or simply "Brady", is a traditional murder ballad about the shooting of a policeman, Brady, by a bartender, Duncan. The song's lyrics stemmed from actual events, involving the shooting of James Brady in the Charles Starkes Saloon in St. Louis, Missouri. Harry Duncan was convicted of the murder, and later executed. Originally recorded by Wilmer Watts & his Lonely Eagles in 1929, it has been recorded numerous times, most famously by Lead Belly, also by Judy Henske, Dave Van Ronk, The title: English folk music text: record we have of many classic rhymes. These rhymes seem to have come from a variety of sources, including traditional riddles, proverbs, ballads, lines of Mummers' plays, drinking songs, historical events, and, it has been suggested, ancient pagan rituals. Roughly half of the current body recognised 'traditional' English rhymes were known by the mid-18th century. From this period we sometimes know the origins and authors of rhymes, like 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', which combined an 18th-century French tune with a poem by English writer Jane Taylor and 'Mary Had a Little Lamb', written by Sarah Josepha Hale of Boston in