i need to know for my music appreaciation class
2006-08-27 09:08:25 · 9 answers · asked by lou lou 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Mozart composed a set of piano variations on the tune, but he DID NOT compose the original melody. The original melody is French (1761), and used later as a setting for the text "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman." The melody was also later used to set English nursery songs including "Twinkle, twinkle," the alphabet song, and "Ba-ba blacksheep."
Mozart composed the variations in 1781-82 when he would have been 25 or 26 years old. I'm not sure why people always think this piece was written during his childhood--probably a combination of the fact that it is now known as a children's song and that Mozart was a child prodigy.
It is more common for Classical piano variations to use pre-existing melodies (usually from operas) than composer-original melodies.
Btw, it also appears in Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, during the "Fossils" movement.
2006-08-27 17:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by Music 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Maybe ! Kidding Yes it was Mozart ..He composed it and played it at the age of 5 not 11 but 5 thankyou thankyou very much .
2006-08-27 19:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by grainy33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably before Mozart but he did create different variations of it.
2006-08-27 16:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Brettski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mozart when he was very young and look at the sky and saw stars.
2006-08-27 16:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-27 16:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by Courtney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was mozart. think he was 11
2006-08-27 16:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ghost Boy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sure did---when he was 5yrs old
12 different versions-child prodigy
2006-08-27 16:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by datchigirl75 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeeep
2006-08-27 16:13:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i thought it was beethoven
2006-08-27 16:15:37 · answer #9 · answered by cheezy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋