Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's composition "Twelve Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je Maman'," a French folk song dated to 1761, is better known in contemporary culture as which song?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's composition "Twelve Variations," based on a French folk song, is known best as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." Popular myths often describe him composing the work outright at the age of five. While Mozart was a child prodigy who began composing keyed instrument pieces at a young age, the melody now known as "Twinkle, Twinkle..." was not one of them. He composed "Twelve Variations..." when he was 25.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Composition "Twelve Variations on 'Ah Vous Dirai-Je