bpm@ucsbcsl.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer) (02/27/85)
NOTE: I am not scolding anyone, just generous enough to part with whatever little knowledge I may have acquired during my industrious youth. Also, I am French. 1- "Ah vous dirai-je Maman" is not variations on the "Twinkle, twinkle little star" theme. Rather, "Twinkle, etc" is a song consisting of new words on the tune of "Ah vous dirai-je Maman". 2- The variations themselves were written by Mozart on the theme of an 18-th century French song. 3- The vocal piece that one net reader heard recently on the same theme is not by Mozart himself; it is a set of variations on Mozart's variations, written by the 19th century French composer Charles Adam. I agree it is very nice, although seldom heard. 4- Although there has been some sex change I am not aware of, "Florence Schmidt" should really be "Florent Schmitt". -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bertrand Meyer UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucsbcsl!bpm Visiting Professor CSNET: bpm@ucsb.CSnet-relay Department of Computer Science ARPANET:ucsbcsl!bpm@BERKELEY or University of California bpm%ucsb@csnet-relay (usually slower) Santa Barbara, Ca. 93106 Telephone (805) 961-4385 or 961-4321 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------