I believe there are quite a few classical music pieces that use this theme, but I would like to call to your attention, since this topic has come up another that I have really liked for very many years.
Variations on a Nursery Tune (Dohnnyi)
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Variations_on_a_Nursery_Tune_(Dohn%C3%A1nyi)>
A shorter URL for the above link:
"Subtitled For the enjoyment of humorous people and for the annoyance of others, Erno Dohnnyi's Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25 is probably his best-known work. Written in 1914 for piano and orchestra, it captures the spirit of Romanticism, and manages to delight and enthral in its sparkling piano writing and lush orchestral textures, and its wit in the treatment of the theme the French nursery song Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, otherwise known as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
The dramatic opening that evolves into a piano solo of the main theme it a very powerful example of the word wit in the quoted example.
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Steven Jamar wrote:
> The music was immortalized by Mozart, and all he did was write a set
> of variations on a French melody created by someone else.
>
> Check out
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle_Twinkle_Little_Star
>
> It is the same tune, of course, as the ABC's song, and as Bah Bah
> Blacksheep.
>
> Then check out The Alphabet Song entry in the Wikipedia -- it puts it
> back at 1835 for the lyrics.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_song
>
> So, record away. The music and lyrics are in the public domain.
>
> Note that if you find a sound recording of someone performing it,
> there is probably a copyright in the performance, although not in the
> music or lyrics.
>
> Steve
>
> On Aug 30, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Marcia Keyser wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> From: "Jean M. Johnson" <jj04[_at_]LEHIGH.EDU>
> >> Date: August 30, 2006 10:53:30 AM CDT
> >> To: EBSS-L[_at_]LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU
> >> Subject: Public Domain Copy of a Performance of the ABC's Song
> >> Reply-To: "Educ. & Behavior Science ALA Discussion List" <EBSS-
> >> L[_at_]LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU>
> >>
> >> We are trying to locate a recorded performance of the ABC's song
> >> ("ABCDEFG, now I know my ABC's...") in a child's voice that can be
> >> legally used on the introductory screen to a web site for a
> >> College of Education research project here at Lehigh University.
> >> I admit this is a content type, a song performance, I am quite
> >> inexperienced in exploring. My instructional technology colleague
> >> has looked for copies in a variety of places and we both decided
> >> that doing an original recording might be the best approach.
> >> However, I know that the song itself is probably in copyright and
> >> that there is a layer of rights -- the composer, if known, the
> >> music publisher, etc. so finding a copy and getting permission
> >> would probably be necessary additionally as would payment for any
> >> permission.
> >>
> >> Using WorldCat, I located a copy available from Smithsonian
> >> Folkways in a recording called Early, Early Childhood Songs.
> >> Folkways has a License Request Form that is pretty comprehensive
> >> and we will give it a try. But that would be for the recording
> >> and not the publisher. We would then need to get permission from
> >> the publisher via BMI, ASCAP or SESAC. And, even though Folkways
> >> provides an audio clip of songs including this one, I don't know
> >> for sure if it includes children's voices even though it seems
> >> that Ella Jenkins is singing in a classroom with children.
> >>
> >> I will try the new service from ALA, the Copyright Advisory
> >> Service (http://www.librarycopyright.net/) but at this point it's
> >> more a matter of locating a copy that matches the need (ideally
> >> public domain copy of child's voice singing ABC's song) and then
> >> of course getting permission if necessary. Any advice from EBSS
> >> list participants about where to look most welcome. Thanks, all.
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