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