If not for the notebook, it would be easiest to argue that Star learned the motif once he was home with the Mozarts. This is the way of starlings. They involve themselves in the daily sounds of their flock—whether that flock is made up of birds, humans, or violins. Like any other starling worth its feathers, Star would simply have absorbed and mimicked favored sounds from his setting—and what a setting he had! In this scenario, Star simply picked up the tune as it was practiced or whistled by Wolfgang in his study.
