Alfred Einstein

Alfred Einstein
Einstein in 1927
Born(1880-12-30)December 30, 1880
DiedFebruary 13, 1952(1952-02-13) (aged 71)
El Cerrito, California, United States
Alma materMunich University
OccupationMusicologist

Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880 – February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He was born in Munich, and fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's Machtergreifung, arriving in the United States by 1939. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in 1936. The Köchel catalogue is the extensive catalogue of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.