Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880 - February 13, 1952) was a German American musicologist and music editor. He was noted as one of the widest-ranging music historians in the first half of the 20th century. Einstein was born in Munich. Though he originally studied law, he quickly realized his principal love was music, and he acquired a doctorate at Munich University, focusing on instrumental music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, … Wikipedia
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