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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One time I was listening to classical music because I was in a mood. It was a Mozart piece. The piano player started playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. At first I was like, "if bro is such a genius, why did he rip off Twinkle, Twinkle, Litt- oh, he wrote it."

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Love it lol.

Unbeknownst to me until a moment ago, the piece is Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", based on a French folk song.

[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure it was a common folk tune at the time. WA Mozart loved to do "variations on" stuff that people already knew and enjoyed. I don't believe he originated the tune

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Wow I grew around classical music as my dad is huge into it and also loves Mozart, still TIL. Lol I probably should pay more attention to my dad.