Mozart's Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"

Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Mozart composed this piece, K. 265/300e, around 1781. It begins with a theme based on the French folk song "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" (Oh! I tell you, Mom). The work was first published in Vienna in 1785.

The French melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children's songs, such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and the "Alphabet Song".

The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Unsurpassed in its abundance of fascinating brilliant ideas and its immense breadth of emotion, it provides boundless joy to listeners and performers.

Tutorials

Theme, Var I, II
Var III
Var IV, V, VI, VII
Var VIII, IX X, XI
Var XII

Thank you magiqueboo, for telling me that I did not upload Variation III.

Sheetmusic (free classical site)

Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"