"Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity."

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Source: 1995 On the unobtrusiveness of the photographer. In NPR broadcast, 24 Aug.

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Alfred Einstein

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Alfred Einstein was a notable musicologist known for his profound analyses of classical composers, particularly Mozart, and his insights into music's emotional depth.

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"There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."

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