Einstein, Alfred

Einstein, Alfred (1880–1952) musicologist; born in Munich, Germany. He was a newspaper music critic in Munich and Berlin before he left Germany in 1933. Arriving in the U.S.A. in 1938, he taught at Smith College, Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and Hartt College. He was an influential writer on music, his books including Greatness in Music (1941), Music in the Romantic Era (1947), and Schubert (1951).