Two of my books say the tune to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is originally French. My music texts say that he did write it but if you have better resources… lol I am a music student and the origin of the tune to twinkle twinkle little star was actually written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 4 years of age. Tweet 48 Responses to “The Origin of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” Many thanks to Isa Santoveña for the midi tune, to Monique Palomares for the translation of Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman, and to Tiphaine Woerth for singing Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman for us! If you’d like to share a version from your country, please email me. You can find it in Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish and many other languages. The wonderful song has traveled around the world in many languages. Here’s the song as children sing it in English today: It seems like the first time they’re seen in print as a song was in 1838, in a book called The Singing Master. It’s a bit of a mystery when the poem and the tune came together to form the wonderful song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Jane wrote the poem, The Star, for the book. That’s when Jane Taylor and her sister Ann published their second book of poems for children, called Rhymes for the Nursery. We have to travel over to England in 1806 to find the origins of the lyrics of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. He didn’t! He just created a wonderful piece based on the tune. Many people think he wrote the tune to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. In 1781-2 Mozart wrote his Variations on “Ah vous dirais-je, Maman”. This one is still loved by French children today: It was also called Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman. Later, a parody of the love song developed. In the 1770’s, a poem called, Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman (Ah! Will I tell you, Mother), was set to the Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star tune and printed. It’s at least 245 years old! The tune is originally from France and it was first seen in print in Paris in 1761 – though the current song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star didn’t exist back then. In Dead Space (mobile), the song can be heard during the beginning cutscene if one listens closely.People all around the world are familiar with the tune to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. It can best be heard by standing on or near the elevator platform. It also appears on the Bridge of the USG Ishimura, in the room with the escape pods outside the Captain's Nest two voices can be heard faintly singing it. In the first chapter of Dead Space 2, the ghostly hallucination of Nicole Brennan sings the song quietly while Isaac is in an elevator, before ending by shouting "Make us whole". Kuttner himself can be heard singing along when he hallucinates being with her when he dies after she tricks him into sucking himself (alongside several marines) into space. In Aftermath, the melody is played often when Nickolas Kuttner's deceased daughter, Vivian Kuttner, can be seen, and at least once can be heard singing along to it. He at first thinks Lexine Murdoch is singing the song, but since she cannot be affected by the Red Marker, it is assumed that Nathan was experiencing a hallucination at the time. In Extraction, the song can be heard near the end of the game while Nathan McNeill is climbing through the vents. In Downfall, after Alissa Vincent's death, the song is heard as her lifeless body floats into the darkness of space. The song can be fully heard at the beginning of Chapter 10 while Isaac investigates the Crew's Quarters Lounge, where the song will be in a loop. Next time is in Chapter 6 while Isaac Clarke rides the elevator up to the West Grow Chamber. In Dead Space, the song can first be heard if the game is not started immediately after game boot-up when the Lullaby trailer starts playing. The song first appeared in the "Lullaby" trailer for Dead Space.
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