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Einstein and What Music Did for His Genius;2 There is no genius in the world as respected and as loved as Albert Einstein. His picture with his distinctive hairstyle even became a pop culture icon.;3 Nowhere in the world could we find another academic that rivals the popularity of rock superstars. His opus E=mc2 would rival any Beatles platinum-record, his Theory of Relativity even shook Newtons gravitational theory off the charts. ;4 Kids would love him more if they knew that he loved music. Had he lived later, he could easily;5 He once confided that had he not been a scientist, he would have been a musician. Mostly favoring classical music, Einstein adored Mozart and worshipped Bach.;6 Life without playing music is inconceivable for me, he said. He also said that he lived his daydreams in music, and I get most joy in life out of music. Einstein, with unclipped moustache and unkempt hair, did actually perform in solo concerts!;Music and Einstein’s Early Life 7 There is a little known fact about the great man. Einstein did extremely poorly in school, so poor in fact that his grade school teachers asked his parents to take him out of school because he was too stupid to learn. Einstein, too stupid to learn! The teachers thought it would be easier for Einsteins parents to make him learn a trade.;8 Instead of heeding their advice, Alberts parents bought him a violin. Einstein actually started playing the violin at the age of six, while his family was still living in Munich. However, he toiled under unimaginative tuition until discovering the joys of Mozart’s sonatas at the age of 13. From that point on, although he had no further lessons, his violin remained his constant companion. ;Just before his 17th birthday Albert played at a music examination in the cantonal school. The inspector reported that “a student called Einstein shone in a deeply felt performance of an adagio from one of the Beethoven sonatas”. In addition to his prowess on the violin,