Did you know Mozart composed famous variations on this simple nursery rhyme? Learn!
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is one of the most famous English nursery rhymes. The melody is from the French song "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" which was published in 1761. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed a set of twelve variations on this melody (K. 265/300e) when he was in his mid-twenties, around 1781-1782. The lyrics are from an early 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor called "The Star".