If Albert Einstein had had an MP3 player, it might not have been as difficult to deconstruct the playlists and deduce the favorites, as one might imagine.
A recent article in the New York Times offers some hints as to what might have been found in the great man’s hypothetical digital music player. The report makes note of Einstein’s affinity for Mozart’s music. The former genius is quoted as describing the latter’s work as “… so pure that it seemed to have been ever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master”. The article only makes note of 1 specific piece of music by Mozart, namely K516, but goes to some lengths to establish Mozart’s primacy in the pantheon of E’s musical preferences.
Appearing at a distant number 2 seems to be Bach, and the author goes on to name drop Beethoven and Bartok.
As so, based on the NYT article and on information from other websites, we offer a partial reconstruction of what an Einsteinian playlist might have looked like:
Track Length Artist
Quintet in G minor K.516 Allegro 8:01 W.A.Mozart
Quintet in G minor K.516 Menuetto 5:34 W.A.Mozart
Quintet in G minor K.516 Adagio ma non troppo 9:51 W.A.Mozart
Quintet in G minor K.516 Adagio – Allegro 10:15 W.A.Mozart
String Quartet K.465 Adagio allegro 7:38 W.A.Mozart
String Quartet K.465 Andante cantabile 6:54 W.A.Mozart
String Quartet K.465 Menuetto allegro 5:20 W.A.Mozart
String Quartet K.465 Allegro molto 7:21 W.A.Mozart
2 Piano Sonata In D Major K.448 Allegro con spirito 7:29 W.A.Mozart
2 Piano Sonata In D Major K.448 Andante 8:32 W.A.Mozart
2 Piano Sonata In D Major K.448 Allegro molto 5:40 W.A.Mozart
A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another – New York Times, January 31, 2006
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Nice playlist. If I copy it and listen to it, could these songs make me smarter?