DBarker@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (Deryk Barker) (02/20/85)
Sorry - can't figure out mailing address. The Mozart piece enquired about (twinkle twinkle little star) is variations on "Ah, vous dirais-je, Maman?" - it was featuyred on the Swingle Singers "Anyone for Mozart" LP of twenty or so years ago. BTW Ernest Dohnanyi's "Variations on a Nursery Theme" for piano and orchestra also uses the same theme.
Ridgway@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (02/21/85)
"Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" is, indeed, set as a series of piano variations by Mozart, and they are most charming. Not easy to play, either. They have probably been done up in arrangements for other instruments. There may be versions by other composers, but I've not heard them.