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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” (from the English - “Shine, shine, little star”) is an English lullaby . Her text goes back to the poem The Star, written at the beginning of the 19th century by the English poetess . The poem consists of couplets . It was first published in 1806 in a collection of poems by Jane and her sister , which was called . The poem is put on the melody of the French song , first published in 1761 and arranged by many composers, including Mozart with his [1] In the song“ Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 'six stanzas, although only the first is widely known. The song is included in the Rhodes Folk Songs Index , numbered 7666.

The song is in the public domain [2] . She has many versions in different languages ​​of the world [3] .

Content

  • 1 Text
  • 2 Other text versions
  • 3 notes
  • 4 References

Text

The original English text is a poem by the English poetess (1783-1824) [4] . It was first published under the title “The Star” in the book Rhymes for the Nursery (London, 1806), which was a collection of poems by Jay and her sister (1782-1866) [5] .

 
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (tune)
Tune for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny sparks;
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
'Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

 

For the first time this text was printed with the above tune in 1838 in the music book The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book [4] .

Other text versions

 
Sheet music from Song Stories for the Kindergarten [6] Play

There are other versions of the text. For example, a version from the musical book of the composer and arranger , called Song Stories for the Kindergarten [6] (1896).

 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How we wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the glorious sun has set,
And the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

When the golden sun doth rise,
Fills with shining light the skies,
Then you fade away from sight,
Shine no more 'till comes the night.

 

Notes

  1. ↑ LISTSERV 15.5 - OPERA-L Archives (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 19, 2016. Archived March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Children's Public Domain Song List | PD Info
  3. ↑ Twinkle twinkle little rip-off: the dark secrets of the world's most recognizable tune - Telegraph
  4. ↑ 1 2 M. Cryer, Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs (Frances Lincoln, 2009), pp. 83-5.
  5. ↑ I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 397-8.
  6. ↑ 1 2 Song Stories for the Kindergarten: Mildred J. Hill: Free Download & Streaming: Internet Archive

Links

  • Lullabies of Europe / Languages ​​from the Cradle Dead Link! A European Union, government-funded education project to collect lullabies (in their native language) from across Europe - includes samples in seven languages.
  • SoundBeep Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with two Instrument versions, piano and kalimba.
  • Audio segment from BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour ,
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twinkle,_Twinkle,_Little_Star&oldid=101020879

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