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Music in Albert Einstein's Life

By bsewell22
  • Einstein is born. His mother Pauline was a talented pianist

    Einstein is born. His mother Pauline was a talented pianist

  • Albert Learns to Play Violin

    Albert Learns to Play Violin

    Albert began to learn the violin at
    the age of six, while his family was still living
    in Munich.
  • Albert hears Mozart (his favorite musician) for the first time

    Albert hears Mozart (his favorite musician) for the first time

    When Einstein was 13-years old, he suddenly changed his mind about the violin when he heard the music of Mozart. With a new passion for playing, Einstein continued to play the violin until the last few years of his life.
  • Einstein often turned for inspiration to the simple beauty of Mozart's music that led to his General Theory of Relativity

    Einstein often turned for inspiration to the simple beauty of Mozart's music that led to his General Theory of Relativity

  • Einstein writes to his son about the pleasures of play, music and thought

    Einstein writes to his son about the pleasures of play, music and thought

  • Plays violin in Jerusalem with friends

    Plays violin in Jerusalem with friends

    evening of music-making in Jerusalem: “Margery, Thelma, Norman, Feingold and Einstein played a Mozart quintet. Norman on the viola and Einstein on Norman’s violin. He looked very happy while he was playing and played extraordinarily well.”
  • Einstein performed Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata in Tokyo in front of the Japanese intellectual elite

    Einstein performed Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata in Tokyo in front of the Japanese intellectual elite

  • “Music does not influence research work, but both are nourished by the same sort of longing, and they complement each other in the release they offer.”

    “Music does not influence research work, but both are nourished by the same sort of longing, and they complement each other in the release they offer.”

    Einstien comments on the relationship between music and research
  • Einstein visited Belgium and was invited to the royal palace to play chamber music with Queen Elizabeth

    Einstein visited Belgium and was invited to the royal palace to play chamber music with Queen Elizabeth

  • "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music..I get most joy in life out of music."

    "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music..I get most joy in life out of music."

  • Played Bach, Mozart and Schumann in Lili Petschikoff’s home in Hollywood.

    Played Bach, Mozart and Schumann in Lili Petschikoff’s home in Hollywood.

  • Einstein ordered to stop playing the violin by a doctor

    Einstein ordered to stop playing the violin by a doctor

    Problems with his left hand left Einstein incapable of playing the violin
  • Einstein (73 years old) and Robert Mann perform Mozart's Quintet in G Minor, on the piano

    Einstein (73 years old) and Robert Mann perform Mozart's Quintet in G Minor, on the piano

    "Dr. Einstein hardly referred to the notes on the musical score…, (and) while his out-of-practice hands were fragile, his coordination, sense of pitch, and concentration were awesome."
    - Robert Mann
  • Einstein serves as Vice President of the Princeton Symphony

    Einstein serves as Vice President of the Princeton Symphony

  • Following Einstein's death, Nicholas Harsanyi conducts the Princeton Symphony in a memorial concert

    Following Einstein's death, Nicholas Harsanyi conducts the Princeton Symphony in a memorial concert