Many mistakenly believe Mozart composed the tune. The facts can be found at:

http://bdb.co.za/shackle

Emjoy!

Yes, weird that. Everyone knows it was Schoenberg surely.

Can't be Schoenberg, its not tone row is it?

Actually it's early John Cage

Nah.....too many notes, not enough rests

I think I goofed... the term should have been "wrote" rather than "composed". Actually if I had not been
introduced to the site http://bdb.co.za/shackle , I would not have thought twice about the author of the
words. It is an interesting site however.

Ray Baldwin

Here is a little faster access to the site...
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/twinkle.htm
Ray B.

Many years before the lyrics to "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star" were written, children across France sang the words to "Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman" (K. 265).
Seventeen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart used the melody in his piano variation.

Mozart only "Used"...not compose...I see..